Mirth and Melancholy

I guess I should make an update. The weekend has passed, and I am THROUGH with teaching art classes! #freedom Today, registration opens at my school, so I'm in the room right now waiting my turn. I hope I don't take too long because at 10 I need to get to the lake for the sidewalk chalk competition that I'm supposed to participate in for my drawing class. I hope this all goes well. It's a competition so if our sidewalk art is really good, we'll get prizes for it. My teacher said some of the prizes are cash, so I hope hope we win. By we I mean my group. I'm working with my friends Meg and Morg. Another person named Irv is supposed to join us too, but he's a little unsure about it. Last week we asked him to join us and he was like, "Ahh... I don't know..." "Do you work better alone?" I asked. "Yeah." "Okay then," said Morg. "Let us know by this weekend!" You had to be there. Morg is such a funny p...

Most of the events I've been stressing out about have passed, and my stress level is diminishing. The only art-related 'things,' for lack of a better word, that I have left to worry about are the art class I teach for kiddies, and the illustrations I'm doing for that children's book. The other children's book I was hired to illustrate for is postponed till May, when I finish school for this semester. And hopefully IN-SHAA-ALLAAH, I'm getting a drawing tablet for all these illustrations, so everything will be slightly easier on me from now on. And I only have two sessions left for my kiddie art class: April 15 and 16. I'm kinda scared because I don't have an idea of what we should draw buuuuut I'll figure it out. Finally, after all these art things are over, I can focus back on my writing. I've literally abandoned one of the books I was heavily working on for at least a month, and I'm afraid I'm going to let it slip into the past. Bu...

Hello guys! It's been a long time since I posted something worth reading. Know why? I've been super busy this past month. I was hired to make illustrations for two children's books, although I won't work on the second one until May because it isn't really a priority right now. I also signed up to perform at the upcoming art festival to be held at my local masjid. I've also been asked to teach little kids ages 5+ the basics of drawing with charcoal. To top it all off, the work for my drawing class has gotten a lot more difficult in terms of homework. Just a couple of weeks ago we started moving on from the "easy stuff" to the "more adult stuff." This basically means working with India ink, collaged rubbings, and perspective drawings. These techniques from my perspective are not exactly more difficult, but more boring. I can't wait for this unit to be over. I know you're probably really interested as to why I've been hired for so ...