wagonized

Bogged down

The irony about my job as a high school teacher is that, every now and then, I have to take a day off just to prepare for the upcoming week of work.  Actual teaching, as it turns out, is only a small portion of teaching.  Grading papers, writing relevant, engaging and intellectually stimulating lessons which will cater to various learning styles, grading papers, attending meetings, responding to e-mails, grading papers, typing recommendation letters, designing material where there is no textbook, entering grades, giving exam retakes, grading exam retakes -- everything keeps me away from drawing.  But there is always a minute here or there, while shifting gears, to pull out a Moleskine or the iPad for a quick doodle-dee-doo.  And eat some orange-infused prunes, which I love.

George in Draw Something

If you have an iPhone or an iPad, you have to have Draw Something.  Yesterday, I drew George Clooney -- more or less -- for Hailey.  I should have put him in a tux.

Grocery list

I have been drawing my grocery lists more and more.  I usually make them with my daughter who's three and a half.  We talk about what we need to get while I draw on my paper and she "writes" on hers.  Her scribbles are mimicking frantic cursive, which is what my handwriting must look to her.  

Paper app for the iPad.

Tom's classroom

I was sitting in Tom's classroom during our reading half hour at school today.  I only had my student Penelope's journal with me, so that became my support.  Pigma Micron 08.  

Happy new year!

Hugo

A quick Hugo Chavez on the iPad tonight.

 

The end of an era

The high chair era, that is.  I have reasons to believe my daughter is not going to use her high chair much longer, now that she is a "grande fille" and all.  Here's a quick little sketch of it -- it was drawn fast but colored slowly.  Paper app for the iPad.

Merry and bright

Tonight I found out that reindeers and caribous were exactly the same animal.  

Merry Christmas, everyone!  

Pen stroke (with a touch of red brush) in Procreate for the iPad.

Tom's holding the remote

The late-night, ten-minute doodle when the SyFy channel is playing a mid-nineties Star Trek full-feature film.

Procreate app for the iPad.

 

Roy has kept me busy

I have been working on a special portrait for the past few evenings.  One of my students, whose Dad passed away earlier this year, asked me if I could draw him as a gift for her Mom.  I showed it to her today, and her response was a mix of smile, tears and thank yous.  I got all teary-eyed too.  Then I had to teach.

2B 0.9mm graphite on Canson paper.

 

Drawing Ringo

In Draw Something for the iPad. I made him look a little sadder than he should.