We'll, since I last posted I've graduated from college (after learning a ton more stuff) and now I'm just trying to figure out what to do now career-wise. I love art, but I don't have a degree in that. I minored in it, but schools don't tend to focus on helping the minors find employment. I graduated in technology and engineering education, but I don't really want to teach. Schools frankly drive me nuts with all the protocol and politics that keep teachers jumping through hoops rather than actually teaching... It drives me crazy!
So I didn't end up doing my student teaching, one because of school stuff my family has been going through that was making me pretty mad and also... I was scared out of my mind about it... I know usually we're supposed to face our fears head on, but I never actually was able to envision myself teaching. I had a passion for the material, but I honestly have never been a fan of standing up in front of groups. I was able to actually teach in schools a couple of times once with 8th/9th graders and once with 6th graders. The experience with the older kids was terrible; I team taught and my partners were awesome. But when it was my turn to go over different type of video shots I just froze... lecturing is definitely not my thing. The time with the 6th graders was fine, for a whole bunch of reasons. It was only one day vs. the week long one with the 8th graders, I was able to point at things instead of focusing on looking at students while talking and let's face it 6th graders are cuter than 8th and 9th grade boys... There's just no contest. Also we gave them cookies, which is a sure fire way to earn most kids attention. We also got to make balloon race-cars. I did notice in both instances that I was fine when I was working with smaller groups (5-6 kids) and where they were doing the work and was just there to lend support. I love that support role. I wish that being a teachers aide was a viable career.
You may ask. "why didn't you just switch majors?" Well, it was really fun... I really loved what I learned! We covered photography, video, woodshop, metal working, robotics, and a bunch of other things that I have always wanted to learn. It was also the only major that counted almost all my elective courses. That in itself was amazing, since I had art, animation, video and landscaping classes that didn't really fit into any other major that I could get into (originally went for animation the first 2 years). It was also so chill, as most small majors are. I also did an art ed minor which was like that too. It was awesome, heck even the teaching methodology classes were interesting. I learned all sorts of things about how kids grow and learn. But probably the main reason I didn't switch was because I'm stubborn... I don't quit, even when I maybe should. I like to take choices an run with them and tend to make things harder for myself. Is it weird that I almost kinda like it that way? I mean I complain sometimes, but I am really satisfied when I can see it through to the end.
If anything, at least this major prepared me to be an awesome mom (also I would be an awesome cub scout leader, just saying).
But what am I doing, this is an art blog! So here's some sketches from more recently than what has been taking up the whole front page of this blog. I hope to eventually illustrate some of my own books. Maybe someday I'll actually be able to put some words to my pictures! *GASP*
A black-light painting I did in my painting class last year :D
I have a ton more, but these are a lot of my original ones. My sketchbooks are filled with tons of pokemon and ponies XD Some are from stories and some are just characters. I love making characters, sometimes I wish I had more story for them.
That's it for today :D I may actually start updating this thing more regularly... maybe :)
