Cafe Update

It has been a busy few weeks. When school starts I have more things to take care of than usual, and end up spending time after school doing those duties. By the time I get home I am too tired to do much with my drawing. But...my deadline is getting closer, so I need to finish the cafe drawing ASAP. With the long weekend, I have been be able to work on it some. But we also have the kids at home this weekend, so I've been spending time with them. So here is my update:

This is where I was yesterday. Just need to go back and refine some areas, then I will be ready to find a frame. I already have an idea for the next one. I hope to finish it for the October show. We'll see about that.

I am looking forward to Fall weather! It is one of my favorite seasons!
Hope you are having a wonderful holiday weekend.
~Beth

Smooth First Week

School started Wednesday and it ended up being a very good start to the school year. I hope that my classes continue to go so smoothly! My students were very attentive and respectful and seemed very interested. I know the first few weeks of school the students are on their best behavior, but they just seem better than usual. So I am hopeful that that will continue.

I was not able to work on my Cafe drawing as much as I had hoped this week, but I am posting this update. I hope to get more of it done this week. Maybe even close to finish, but that is probably more wishful thinking. I woke up with a headache Friday morning that became worse during the day, and by Friday night I had to go to bed early because I felt so bad. I felt better Saturday and Sunday and worked quite a bit on it. I need to go back and fix some areas, do some touch ups, and just refine some details, then hopefully be finished!
Have a good day!
~Beth

Almost time for School!

School starts back next Wednesday, but teachers started back this past week with in-service workshops. Most of the workshops that we have are pretty long and boring. After 26 years of attending workshops for teachers, I have to say that they get very monotonous. But today was a little different. The district actually planned for the district art teachers to get together and discuss art lessons and issues that we deal with. Being the only art teacher at my school, it is nice to get with other art teachers! We had a lot to talk about. It is very motivating to get with the other art teachers and I'm beginning to be ready for the new year. I just don't understand how the time during the summer just flies by!

So after sitting in meetings for the past 4 days, I am exhausted from meeting. So I didn't feel up to working on my Paris Cafe drawing today, but I did work on it some during the week. So I will show an update and hopefully by the end of this weekend I will have more progress to show.

♥Beth S. Macre © 2009♥

No title yet, but I'm thinking about it!

I will be working on this today, because next week I probably will not have the time or the energy to work on it. I am having fun with this and wish I could just work on it all the time! I will definitely be using the UArt paper more.

Have a great weekend!

~Beth