Can’t wait to see you all. I think I’ve tested and hope this works smoothly!

Leaving this am to see my sisters @Gretchen Cyr and Tanya. I hope the bluebonnets are out. See yall later or tomorrow!

Psst- the teacher isn’t looking. 🤡 🌅 Get your phone and post your favorite pic. Drop it in the comments below. __________________________________ 👆🏻Cliff Notes Version 👇🏻 A little more detail. The why 👉🏻 In LESSON 1, _________________________ The amount of detail we put into realism paintings simply isn’t stored in your brain. Not yet… and honestly, maybe not ever. That is NORMAL! The first lesson is in classroom HERE After you read the lesson, find 1 or 2 or even 3 images that mean something special to you. They do NOT have to be images you plan to paint. Think of it as building your inspiration library for this entire community. Later, we will VOTE on the one to paint in class. Drop it. What makes that image so special to you?

Alright class… stop throwing spitballs for a minute and look up here. 🤡 Your brain LOVES triangles 🔺, S-curves 💲, and repeating patterns 🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵. And they make very successful paintings. The GREAT news is I looked through ALL of the images you submitted and EVERY SINGLE ONE of you has at least one triangle 🔺 hiding in one of your photos. Yes… even the back-row rebels and the students passing notes. (Tommy, I see you!) Let’s go back to the pepper images. I marked the triangles hiding in the negative space of the pepper images. Now go back to the images you submitted earlier. YES AGAIN, we are trying to get you into painter brain. 🧠 ✏️ Consider this today’s classroom doodling assignment in the margins. 📝 Tell me or show me (in your photo editor program 📲 if you know how) where the triangle is in your image. Messy is ok. Tomorrow I’ll show you how to strengthen that triangle with a few simple adjustments so your painting has a much better chance of success. Your painter brain is starting to wake up. Now you may resume chewing gum and tapping your pencils.