Drawing I was thinking about

Drawing
I was thinking about drawing just now. I've had a deep-seeded need to draw the past few days. I can't believe that last year I was teaching high schoolers how to draw (among other things). I learned an amazing amount about drawing by teaching it. Interesting how that works. Actually, I learned an amazing amount about myself through teaching in general. Sometimes I miss it, like today, but most of the time I don't. Though I'm probably only missing it because I want to do some drawing myself. The only down time I would have in school was during a long project and the kids just needed time to work, I could pull out my own art and work. I've got a pretty hilarious self-portrait somewhere done that way.

Perspective was always fun to teach. It usually took students a little longer to figure it out, but I think many of them enjoyed the fact there was a "right" and "wrong" way. Art is so subjective that some students would get frustrated, but perspective is extremely clear cut. I always enjoyed it because of the level of precision required. I've always had a side of me that loves to be anal about detail. (This is probably one of the reasons I liked doing jewelry work...small pieces, very controlled, repetition.) I can remember learning how to draw in perspective in 4th grade when Katy Louis's grandmother came and did a special art class for us. (I went to a small private school that didn't have art for elementary students.) I think I drew a picture of a road going through the desert with a fence and telephone lines running next to it.