Art

Creating, drafting, editing, and photographing using this blog as a platform has fostered connections while building my digital self. I have grown fond of posting my thoughts about various topics and hearing responses and feedback. It has built digital caring- my term for caring on the web. I’ve had people mention my blog to others, boosting my page views and family members have noted that they enjoy reading my posts as well. It’s a kind of deeper connection that has built, prompting side conversations and threads.

Actual artwork as a digital banner

While sharpening my new skill over the past few weeks, I recently challenged myself to apply what I’ve spent several weeks practicing. I used pure watercolors to create a piece, which will be used for a digital course banner. The hardest part was creating the form- making it look three dimensional. I paid close attention to was building layers of colors- softer, soft, and then darker colors. My goal was to make it look easy and effortless- to me that’s what so appealing. Art that looks the easiest, is the most difficult to make. Similar to the subject I teach- American Sign Language (ASL). Students walk into the class thinking, ASL is so easy. A few weeks go by and their opinions have changed. I’m not sure if the piece I created will be well-received or even end up as the courses banner. I’m proud of myself for trying something different and stretching the boundaries of the “norm.”