back in september, a friend from conversation group, a british woman who works for british council asked me if i’d give her painting lessons. i had thought about the idea of teaching, but had never done it. this seemed like a perfect opportunity to try. she had a friend who lives on a houseboat who offered her place for the lessons. sounded interesting. we agreed to do it but then i got that other job, so had to cancel. now that the job is finished and we are through the christmas season when everyone is so busy, i offered to do it again. the houseboat was parked on the seine right in front of the musee d’orsay, a fantastic location. we started by drawing the fruit that she had in the kitchen. it was very interesting to coach them, makes me think about what i do when i paint. it was a 2 hour lesson and i charged them 15 euros each. i figured that i was learning as much as they were, so i wanted it to be cheap for them. it was really a boat and it would rise and fall with the waves. funny that by the end of the lesson, the conversation mom friend admitted she was getting sea sick!
i had to rush off after the lesson, because i had organized an “art cafe” event. this was a group of 5-6 moms from the school who were also artists. i just wanted to have some community, but it turned out to be a great exchange of information. will do it again in a month.
started feeling not well and decided not to go to the evening college alum meeting.
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