Well, made it through the first day of the double-length,...
Well, made it through the first day of the double-length, double-sized, compressed-format class - and was pleased to see half a dozen students from previous PACE classes that I'd taught, who came back again for this one. I'd like to think that it means that I'm doing something right (rather than that word's got around that I'm an easy B). Most of the students haven't the slightest interest in history: like most PACE students, they're very focussed on career training, and just want to get the general ed requirements out of the way as quickly as possible, and who can blame them? Most of the PACE students are highly motivated, working 40 hours, and this is one more hoop they have to jump through on their way to the Emerald City. (Or else they're the athletes, trying to work around a gruelling training schedule - and the couple that I have in there this semester are bright, willing, and excellent attitude).
For those who don't follow me on Facebook, for the past couple of years I've gone back to long-neglected study of artwork - specifically, working on the kind of art that I've always wanted to do, which is old-school magazine-style illustration. I have a brilliant mentor-teacher, but for the past year, because of his health issues, I've just been working on my own, practicing in what time I have between teaching and writing. As soon as I'm able to - and my mentor is well again - I hope to start doing photo-shoots where the lighting is correct, but until that time I'm just scrounging scrap off the Internet. A lot of what I've done is Dr. Who fan art, because it interests me (a totaly guilty pleasure) - it's all practice in portraiture and use of colors and composition. I also (another shameful guilty pleasure) like doing Romance-cover style paintings - again, practice in colors and composition and the technique of portraiture. Those of you who've followed me on Facebook have seen most of these already. I'll put up one today, and another later in the week (since I haven't figured out the whole "folder" business).
For those who don't follow me on Facebook, for the past couple of years I've gone back to long-neglected study of artwork - specifically, working on the kind of art that I've always wanted to do, which is old-school magazine-style illustration. I have a brilliant mentor-teacher, but for the past year, because of his health issues, I've just been working on my own, practicing in what time I have between teaching and writing. As soon as I'm able to - and my mentor is well again - I hope to start doing photo-shoots where the lighting is correct, but until that time I'm just scrounging scrap off the Internet. A lot of what I've done is Dr. Who fan art, because it interests me (a totaly guilty pleasure) - it's all practice in portraiture and use of colors and composition. I also (another shameful guilty pleasure) like doing Romance-cover style paintings - again, practice in colors and composition and the technique of portraiture. Those of you who've followed me on Facebook have seen most of these already. I'll put up one today, and another later in the week (since I haven't figured out the whole "folder" business).
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