Week of March 6, 2023 — For full context, see the description of my Art Home School Curriculum. Retrospective Daylight savings time through me off today. I was demotivated and had to take a long nap. Hopefully I’m recovered tomorrow. I’m still trying to decide which classes to take next semester. I know I’m taking AD2, but…

Week of Feb. 27, 2023 — For full context, see the description of my Art Home School Curriculum. Retrospective I applied to the advanced environment portfolio class at Brainstorm (PD ENV) but found out this week that I wasn’t accepted. I half suspected this possibility and I thought I was prepared to be rejected, but it was…

Week of Feb. 20, 2023 — For full context, see the description of my Art Home School Curriculum. Retrospective This was a good week. I don’t have time to write anything else! Log

Week of Feb. 13, 2023 — For full context, see the description of my Art Home School Curriculum. Retrospective The spring semester is half over. I don’t have much to say this week. It’s been business as usual. Log

Week of Feb. 6, 2023 — For full context, see the description of my Art Home School Curriculum. Retrospective I’ve really been enjoying painting environments this week. I definitely feel like I’ve gotten better at them since last semester, but I still feel a very long way from having a hirable portfolio. Log

Week of Jan. 30, 2023 — For full context, see the description of my Art Home School Curriculum. Retrospective I found a great video on motivation. You can watch it here. He defines motivation as “the ability to hold a thought for an extended period of time.” A lack of motivation is when other intrusive (usually negative)…

Week of Jan. 23, 2023 — For full context, see the description of my Art Home School Curriculum. Retrospective I feel like my motivation has returned in full this week. I finished all my homework, which was a total of 74 grayscale environment thumbnails. I had to rush to finish them all, so they turned out a…

Week of Jan. 16, 2023 — Retrospective I’m back into my normal groove … almost. It’s more difficult to make myself work than it has been in the past, but hopefully I can push through it. When I finished my homework for ENT 1 I got a burst of motivation. It seems that doing work is the…

Week of 1/9/2023 — Retrospective I’m back from an unscheduled, 1 month break. It was not my intention to take a break, but somehow the combination of my arm injury (diagnosed as tendinopathy), the end of the semester at Brainstorm school, and the holidays sapped my motivation to draw. I think my arm is back…