Ponyville

STUDENT TEACHER: With a growing reputation as a prolific pony drawer, Annabelle was invited to visit a local school and conduct an art class for their after school program.  She happily accepted the offer, and so today, we visited a school in Seattle's Eastlake neighborhood.

The first order of business was Annabelle getting used to drawing on the school's smart board - something she'd never done before.

Fortunately, she had it figured out in just a few minutes!

Prior to the class, she had prepared tutorial printouts for the students. As Annabelle demonstrated the steps on the smart board, kids could both watch her, and resource the step-by-step sheets.

She made a separate instructional sheet for the eyes, as they can be tricky to draw.

And she offered up a few hair/mane styles, as well.

The students, probably 20 or so in all, were eager to learn and produced some mighty-fine ponies!

Here's what Annabelle had to say about the experience: "Today I went to Bertschi school and taught two classes how to draw ponies. The school was very nice, but I was more focused on the drawing. The students were very polite, and even though I was nervous I had fun. Everybody listened well and followed directions, and their ponies turned out awesome! I would love to teach pony drawing there again."

PIT STOP:  We've been cat sitting in West Seattle this week. After visiting our charge this morning, we made a stop at a new-to-us park, Fairmount. 

Neat place!  Lots of play equipment, including a unique, ferry-themed climbing structure.

 There was also a good sized climbing structure ... 

 and the kids loved the teeter-totter!

Big fun!