I had a funky art class today

Both the homestart course and the art classes are going really well at the4 moment.

The homestart course has nearly finished so by next Monday i have to get my 30 second advert ready, an off the record and informal letter to Donald (our teacher) and get a new CV made up. That will keep me busy. Especially as I want to keep working on my comic story pictures.

At the art class today we were supposed to be painting a live model. Sadly she has decided not to do it anymore so instead the teacher took a picture of me and she printed off on acetate paper. She then used an overhead projector to put the image onto the wall. We then put some canvasses on the wall where the picture was and I drew on the canvas from there.

It was really good as I was able to see how much shading there was to do and how much of a difference it makes. I really enjoyed it and I really like the picture s and how they look so far. Next week we will be using acrylic paint to paint them. I think it will be really funky.

Sadly the operation clean kitchen has suffered a setback. I have started playing Everquest II again and I am really enjoying it. I will have to get the kitchen gutted by next Friday when I go away but I have been finding it hard to motivate myself to do something that I do not want to do when there is something that I am really enjoying doing.

Here is what I did at my art class today:

I went to my second art class today

It was really funky. I made up a scrapbook today. I got bits of material to make up a funky cover for it and now I have got something to draw in it as well. I will start that as soon as I start to feel better.

The teacher really liked the collages that I took in to show her. I was really pleased about that.

We had a funky chat and she told me that, from next week I will be drawing a live model on the Friday lessons. I am really looking forward to that, as not only have I not drawn a real model before, but I also have not drawn a naked model. I think it will be really interesting. She told me that the model had never posed before so I think it is nice that we will be both doing a first together.

I asked her how much the models get paid to pose and she told me that they get paid £10 an hour. I think that is something that I could do when I work from home.

The homestart course went well yesterday as well. We were working on a circle and working out how we feel with different aspects of our lives. It was good to see which areas were good and which areas need attention. I am really pleased how things are going so far. It has been really funky.

I went to the art course today

I am really pleased that I managed it as I nearly forgot in the morning. I was busy making plans for what to do while my eldest was at nursery when I suddenly remembered that I had got the course.

I managed to get from the nursery to the centre quickly so I know that I can leave it as late as leaving to go and collect him from nursery.

The course will be a ten-week course and I will be going in on Tuesday and Friday from 1-3. I had a lot of paperwork to fill out but at least it has been done so when I go next we will start getting things done.

We went on one of the computers and she showed me some of the work that other students have done. There were some really funky pictures so I am looking forward to see what I can learn.

I told the woman about the collages that I have made and she asked me to bring them in on Friday to show her. It was really funky as it was nice to see her enthusiastic about seeing them.

Also on Friday we are going to start making a scrapbook. I am looking forward to that, as I have not done anything like that before. She told me to bring in lots of scraps of material to make the cover with so I think it can also be really interesting. We will also at some point be drawing a model that they are going to get in.

I think this is going to be a funky course.

Operation clean kitchen

I have decided that today is the start of operation clean up kitchen. I am going to pretend that we are going to have someone come around to inspect the kitchen and make sure that I have the kitchen gutted by that date. I will not be able to get much done today as I am not feeling well today. My nose is blocked, I have a bad cough and I feel run down. I even had to miss doing yoga tonight.

The course at homestart went well today and as there was only three of us there today we was able to get through what we needed to do. I was also thankfully able to get part of my homework printed off, as the woman who said she was going to print it off was not able to get in today.

I am really looking forward to starting the art course tomorrow. When I was out and about on Friday, I happened to notice that there was an art class. So I asked about it, and within a short time of getting home I got a phone call, saying that it will be all right for me to go in on Tuesday. As there have not been many enquiries about it, I will be getting one to one training for now. It would be really funky, as this is just what I need to get the skills that I will need so that I can use them for hopefully being able to work from home.

The course at homestart is going really funkily

We are now half way through the course at homestart. I have actually got a bit of homework to do for Monday. Hopefully I am able to get enough rest and that I am not effected too much by the cold that I am developing. I am shattered at the moment and in the need of a good night’s sleep.

I have done part of the homework. I have had to look for a job for someone who has the same skills that I do. I saw some jobs that would be good enough so I have to get them printed off for Monday. I will E-Mail them to someone who can.

I was out today taking a book back to the library when I noticed a sign in the centre advertising an art course. I asked about it and when I got home I got a phone call about it. I will go on my first art course next Tuesday and as we get income support it will not cost me anything. I am really looking forward to it as I have been meaning to go on a art course for a while. I am really pleased as before I would have just thought about asking about the course at a later date but I am so glad that I asked about it strait away. I am sure that it is going to be funky. Also as I am the only one going to the course at the moment I will be getting one to one tuition. I think that is great.

February goals

Here are my goals for February:

Ø Clean the kitchen from top to bottom and create a system to keep it clean.
Ø Sort out the twins room
Ø Read up about Buddhism, meditation and anger management.
Ø Create some collages
Ø Get writing

I think that is enough to keep me out of trouble.