Elementary school

Things I love about working at a school:

• children are amazingly funny
• explaining something to a 1st grader, and feeling like you're actually making a difference
• art time - watching how salt interacts with watercolors
• recess
• making pizzas in class (yum!)

Things I really don't like so much about working at a school:

• it's like being in a petri dish
• I have to get up early in the morning
• the germs - seriously!! Sometimes I feel like my immune system is improved by being around the kids so much, but then a horrible bug will get me, I'll have to take a day off work, and I'll spend the whole weekend hoping I'll be capable of waking up at 5.45 on Monday morning.

Mostly I love it, though :)

New painting

Here's a sneak peek of something I've been working on - I just finished the ink work, and still have to do the watercolors (when I have time!) On the left is the original sketch, and on the right is the initial lines on the final paper, with the actual line work/filling in just started.

Mushrooms

Here are a few out of a series of charcoal drawings I did recently. There are 13 in all, and are for sale on my Etsy shop - only $15 each!!! Which is actually quite a good deal for original pieces.

Anyway, here are a few of the images: