Very Impressive

Mr. Shelton stopped by during our first hour drawing class and seemed very impressed by the students' drawings. Catherine is just about done with her portrait and it is beautiful. A few students are trying the ink fingerprinting. I am very proud of them for stepping outside their comfort zone. Alexis, Cori and Adam all finished their scratchboards and did a terrific job. Have a great weekend and for those students who took projects home to work on, have fun drawing! It can be a stress reliever if you just enjoy the process. I am excited to see what you all do. I know I've seen a lot of great ideas.

Enthusiasm at its best

It was fun to see how excited some of the students were getting about their portraits. Haley and Kellee were on a mission. They thought they wouldn't be able to do this project and their drawings were looking good! I didn't realize there would be so much apprehension, but I should have figured. Lisa was very conscientious about getting it right. I truly have loved teaching drawing and getting to know my students this semester. We have a lot of great kids at Johnsburg High School and they know how to get enthused about learning.

Portraits coming alive

Several students are well on their way with the portraits. Some are drawing friends or relatives, others-famous figures and some have chosen random models from the magazines or Internet. Many of the students are using a grid to draw their figures. The consensus seems to be that the grids help a lot. A few students are braving it on their own and are doing very well. I am excited to see the end results.

Happy New Year

I hope everyone enjoyed their break. We all should be well rested and ready to give the last couple weeks of the semester our FULL effort. I graded quizzes and sketchbooks this past week. The quizzes were pretty good but a lot of students did not turn in their last homework assignment. Grades are reflecting this missing work. The missing assignments will still be accepted, however, points will be taken off for late work. AWESOME job to those who turned the sketchbooks in. Conner's drawings were superb! We will not be having any more words of the day, however we will be reviewing our past words. Students should spend some time studying them, because I will be quizzing them on all of the words next week.

A person with less skill and more passion, wins everytime. A person with more skill, and lost passion, beats himself. (unknown)