TODAY'S FEATURED POST
a Thanksgiving story
Don’t have much art that I can show at the moment, so I thought I’d treat you to a fun thanksgiving story. This one time, years ago back when I was just starting out, a friend of mine reached out to me with a prospective illustration job. It was 1996, I was living in El Paso Texas, before I’d moved to San Francisco and gone to art school. Art jobs were scarce and you took…
YESTERDAY’S POST
9 Things I Have Learned From Teaching
August 26, 2024 - In my years so far as a teacher for SmArt School, I've tried to coach my students into their most creative, authentic, confident, and sustainably-productive selves. In trying to put my best habits into words, I have found myself better able to practice and benefit from the mindset I try to impart. In not much of a particular order and each point relating to the others, here's a list of things that help! 1. No one ever gets as much time as they thought they would The first assignment I give my students is to track their time. In a vertical column on a piece of paper (planner, notebook, sketchbook page, anything!) on the left, write the hours of the day. Next to the hour, write in your planned schedule. Blocks of time for self…
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