Perhaps if you follow this blog, or have come here via Pinterest like some 680,000 of you (seriously, there were 15,000+ visits last month?!), you have noticed that I have not posted in over a year and wondered what's up?? I mentioned in an earlier post that maintaining our school blogs became less encouraged at one point, so I sort of slowed down and was mostly posting within our school's class pages for parents to see. Then, during the last school year, my family made the decision to move to a new state, and I suppose I just started to focus on wrapping up nine glorious years at Calvert School and I stopped blogging altogether. Last June, I moved south and this year I have been staying home part time with my son and actually making some art of my own (I paint pet portraits! See below :)).
I miss teaching so very much, and I still visit this blog every month or two to approve/publish comments and reply to them. I am happy and humbled that so many people are inspired by my lessons and my students' work, and it is so cool to still feel connected in some way to the Art Education world through comments and questions from other teachers! I hope to one day find a new school home and continue to do what I know I do best- teach ART! - and then you might see me pick up here again too!
(if interested in commissioning a portrait, check out www.larisakamp.com)
I still enjoy your older posts and I really hope you begin teaching again. Your lessons are so well thought out and creative.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your kinds words- I appreciate them very much! :)
DeleteWow, What a gifted teacher you are. I do hope you make it back to your classroom, I strolled through many of your post and thought to myself how wonderful it would of been to have had a teacher so well rounded in so many of the arts. I have been doing watercolor pet portraits for 6+ years, all self taught with books, and internet lessons (and 1 flower art class last summer). I love it. One thing about art, you don't think of day to day stress while doing it. Only "what color would look good here and how should I paint this". It's very therapeutic. I too started a blog years ago and have not posted much but have been thinking of coming back to it. Keep it up, you have much to share with this world. God bless!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for these kind and encouraging words! Much success to you in your artistic endeavors!
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