Misha and Teka

I didn’t tell you about Wednesday’s trip to Tbilisi for the opening The Teacher’s House, which is, I think, a teacher training center, accompanied by a speech from the president. Again. I didn’t write about it because they didn’t bother translating anything into English, despite specifically inviting 40 or so native English speakers who mostly [...]

St Dorothy of Kashin…

Is finished! On the one hand, you can tell that I’m not a real iconographer and was missing some tools. On the other hand, I will no longer have a half-finshed icon nagging at my conscience. Read about her here.

Crafts

I have, one might say, an ambivalent relationship with crafts. As an art teacher this sometimes becomes a difficulty. I’m ambivalent because I have learned how to do a lot of crafts, and am good at a lot of different kinds of crafts, but don’t especially like having nick-nacks in my possession, and cannot judge [...]

Summer Camp Crafts

I’m volunteering for a summer camp next week, and have been asked to come up with three morning crafts and two for the afternoons. I’ve taught crafts at this camp before, though I couldn’t do it last year because I was in Syria. Our crafts last time I was there were: Other past crafts projects [...]

Draw Like No Tomorrow

My aunt just started a new drawing blog.

Eucalyptus Tree #2

Eucalyptus Tree

Protected: Another teaching FAIL

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Oil Cruet

I’m trying to practice painting; first and second coat. I need a better yellow paint.

School Logo

A painted version of my school’s logo; not my own original design — good idea, though.

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