I want to not to want to fit in to fit in. Capiche?

Hi bloggity,

Like many of my other blog posts, I'm here yet again, in the summer holidays where I actually have time to myself to do other things than the usual teachery things. (Yes, that's the technical term!).

I feel this is my online diary that I dabble into now and again. I've always liked the idea of a diary or a journal as it is called as you enter adulthood. I feel like this is a little place in the corner of the internet that I can, be me. Which in itself seems odd, because, well, I am me outside of this blog. But I guess what I'm truly trying to get at is that here on my blog I can fangirl and geek out about my favourite things where in the "real world" I can only geek out to an extent. Which again, I am contradicting myself as now it sounds like I hide parts of me in order to fit in and I am very much a person who isn't too fussed about fitting into the "bigger crowd" as long as I have my close friends with me. And if you're not confused by now, congratulations. 

 

I guess it's almost animal instinct that we all want to fit in; that deep down we have that desire to be accepted and be part of something; something bigger than we know. Some people are just more explicit at wanting to fit in than others. There's a spectrum of "wanting to fit in".

Some people follow the latest trends, have the latest fashion, tastes and styles; pop culture if you will. Some people make a point to explicitly not follow mass interest and relevance in these same categories. And then there are people whom sit in the middle, they enjoy the latest watchamacallits, dabble in a few, watch others dabble in others, but also enjoy other less talked about things. But what it boils down to is that whatever category you may or may not fit in, it's okay. And I think that is the point that is sometimes quite hard to swallow.

The fear of not being part of something, the security of being protected by a group of people, is what drives us as people. It's a worldwide, unspoken fact, you are stronger if you are more than one. And yes, this is 100% true. I have no doubt about it. Pick up one uncooked spaghetti and snap it in half. Easy. Pick up the whole packet of uncooked spaghetti and snap it in half. Not so easy. But the point is, being part of a crowd is not always the best as comfortable as it may feel.

There are tonnes and tonnes of stories that explain how being different is actually the best way to be. From Alan Turing to Albus Severus Potter to everyone in between, they all did what they did because they were different. They changed their worlds because they were different. As much as they may have wanted to fit in, what made them different, made them who they are.

All in all, I'm going round in sqovals. It's not important what you like, how you like it and why you like it. But what is important, is that it's okay to like it, whether you want to not to want to fit in to fit in.

Being different is powerful.

Keep smiling,

Skeena xxx

#draw642smiles: 3) Light Bulb

So I bought this book a couple of months ago called, 642 things to draw.

And my aim is to do exactly that, draw 642 things. I upload all my drawings as soon as their done onto my Instagram @SkeenaSmiles, however, I too will upload them here weekly for your viewing pleasure.

I present to you drawing 2,
The Light Bulb.

#draw642smiles: 2) An Ironing Bored

So I bought this book a couple of months ago called, 642 things to draw.

And my aim is to do exactly that, draw 642 things. I upload all my drawings as soon as their done onto my Instagram @SkeenaSmiles, however, I too will upload them here weekly for your viewing pleasure.

I present to you drawing 2,

An Ironing Bored.

#draw642smiles: 1) An Anchor

So I bought this book a couple of months ago:

And my aim is to do exactly that, draw 642 things. I upload all my drawings as soon as their done onto my Instagram @SkeenaSmiles, however, I too will upload them here weekly for your viewing pleasure.

I present to you drawing 1,

The Anchor.

Back Down Media Lane

My interest in TV production was born with the help of Doctor Who. The regenerated show that made this once skeptical teen believe in the magic of TV once again (Thank you Russel T Davies!).

After the Saturday evening, family occasion of watching the latest Doctor Who episode, everyone would leave their posts but I, as my eyes were glued to the screen soaking in Doctor Who Confidential.

 

I was mesmerised by the how's of Doctor Who. How did they make that do that? How did this look like that? How did that look so real? And Doctor Who Confidential answered. And bit by bit, it let me peep into a small window into TV production.

Since then, I have always found it so interesting; the ins and outs of TV production. I would watch any behind the scenes action available; be it bloopers, interviews, commentaries, documentaries. I would watch all the things with no leaf left unturned and absorb any TV production snippets that greeted my eyes and ears.

So fast forward to a few years later that was my A-levels, and hey presto, I picked Media Studies and man did I love it! It was a subject where my organising obsession, wild imagination, bubbling creativity was fed. HECK, you know its something you love when even revising for the exams was never a chore!(which, fun fact, my exam resit for my first year Media Studies A-level involved watching a scene from Merlin, Series 1, Episode 1 and analysing it. Imagine watching a TV drama for your exam!)

So the pinnacle of this post is that I recently stumbled over my A-level media studies coursework and because it was the height of technology, it was submitted via blog. And well, if like Nathan Sykes you've put 1 + 1 together correctly, I have these blogs to share with you today.

I'm very proud of these blogs, even now several years later. And if anything, it's a little insight into the mind of the 16-18 year old Skeena.

Preface

1. 16-17 year old Skeena researched, produced and blogged an opening scene of a horror movie called Identical.
   
2. 17-18 year old Skeena researched, produced and blogged a music video by Frankie and the Sound Within - 13teen (which is actually Pink's - Conversations with my Thirteen Year Old Self).

If anything, these blogs are a little sentimental reminder of how much I'd love to work in TV production.

Enjoy,

Skeena xx

Lull.

Hello lull; the temporary interval of lack of activity.

There's a lot of things that inhabit my lull. Like the lack of my blog posts for one. Or maybe the lack of screenwriting, a writers block if you prefer, for two. Or how about, the lack of spontaneity, adventure and risk. These are a few of my least favourite things.

I need to escape the lull.

Setting goals is probably a good start.

Goal 1: Escape the lull.

To be continued.  

Riveting, I know.

Skeena xx

Ridiculously Elaborate, Late Night, Nonsensical Spiel.

Hello you.

I dare not start this blog post with excuses of where my presence on this very blog has been, or for a better choice of words, hasn't been. Therefore, it shall start with neither sense or logic, which may I add, I am aware that those two words are synonyms of each other, and this post shall continue with neither logic or sense, she says as Dr.Seuss tips his hat.

How are you, kind reader?

I have no plan for this particular post, just like I didn't plan for that alliteration, but like the alliteration, the post here sits. For if there was a plan, I guess, it would be to just let the waterfall of words escape my fingertips as they tap dance their way around their keyboard stage. And yes, I am fully aware that that last line was cheesy yet poetic but I think Shakespeare is safe.

I missed this.

Signing out,
Skeena xx

Snapperoon: Outfit of the Day

Capturing my life in snaps.

Sweet Tooth

I downloaded an app on my phone which I guess you could call a "sophisticated version of Paint from your PC".

I had a bit of a doodle on it and I didn't come up with a masterpiece but I feel I came up with a style I like; a soft pencil, ombré shading with a messy, thin, black outline. I did try to put a fun, yellow background on it, but let's just say, your traditional pencil and paper wouldn't crash and close down on you every time you made an attempt to...

 

I'll have more of a play around with it and see how I go.

Nothing show-stopping but we've all gotta start somewhere right?

Keep smiling xxx

Mug Mugshot

So, I like mugs.

I have since I bought this little fella earlier this year from the reduced Christmas sales.

Cute right?!

 I may or may not have a virtual mug collection on eBay. Take of that what you will.

So instead of drowning myself in my own mugs, I like to buy mugs as gifts. I don't know if that's my way of justifying buying mugs or if it's become something instilled into me now that I'm a fully fledged tea-drinking teacher; probably not the latter.

But just look at these quirky little things!

So this one I bought for a teacher who taught taught me at sixth form. In the last few weeks of my teacher training, you are given the opportunity to "enrich" yourself. So I thought I'd return to the sixth form and work alongside the teachers who inspired me to go into the field. And might I add, if you ever have the opportunity to work alongside the people who inspired you to do what you do:

It's an invaluable experience and for me, it was just such a nice way to end my own teacher training to work alongside the teachers who taught and inspired me.

Anyways, back to the mug story. So yeah, I bought that mug for him because one, he's a computing teacher if you didn't already figure with the geeky code plastered over it and two, we both worked on a programming solution to a GCSE qualification together so this was like a little nod towards that. Plus, he loves coffee.

Again computing themed, this was bought for another computing teacher who also taught me at sixth form which I then had the opportunity to work alongside. The one that I bought was a blue version of this one. He was incredibly complimentary when I was working alongside him, which I never know how to react when receiving a compliment..."That looks good." "Yes."...*awkward shifty eyes*

Surprise surprise, another computing mug for, you guessed it, another computing teacher who taught me and then I got to work alongside her. This particular teacher has actually taught me when I was in high school as well so it was incredibly lovely to work alongside herself and then let her see me teach also! One of her favourite topics to teach was HTML which is a language that is used to program websites. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a HTML based mug so this I.P. address one just had to suffice. However, the reaction I got when she saw the mug was amazing! She loved it!

My final mug purchase was not for a computing teacher, which you may or may not be pleased to read, but it is for a friend of mine who was also teacher training this year. She was training as a primary school teacher and I can gladly announce, she too is now a fully fledged teacher! So to gift her on surviving the PGCE year, I have bought her this mug. I've yet to give this to her but I'm hoping she'll like it. Throughout this year, we've rang each other something like once a week every week to offload, rant and quite frankly, keep each other sane. This mug particularly fits her because for once in her life she got mega stressed, which is not usually her, hence the Keep Calm and to add to that, the lesson plans that she had to do was insanely, several pages long for each lesson. So that's the little nod to that.

Lo and behold, I too was given a mug as a gift for my teaching adventures and isn't it the cutest!

How coincidentally funny - when I opened this gift, I was smiling so much, one because it's so cute! But two because in my bag, I too had bought them mugs! We were just on the same brainwave. They mean a lot to me because they are the very people who inspired me to go into the teaching career that I'm in, in the subject that I'm in. So these mugs are only a very small token of my appreciation and thanks to them!

I can only hope to be even a fraction of how inspiring they are to me to my own pupils who sit in my classroom!

I Googled Myself.

There comes a point in a person's life, and in my case at midnight when sleep is a thing I should have been doing, where one Google's one self. The internet can be a scary place, but upon doing so, I found out a few things about myself that I never knew!

1. I'm a River in British Columbia, Canada?
   
2.  I am a book written by a South Asian, Canadian writer?
   
3.  I am a Society in Terrace, Canada?
4. I Cat Ski in Northern British Columbia, Canada?

I really don't know about you, but something is drawing me towards Canada...

Snapperoon: Somewhat a Haul of Some Description Something or Other

So I went shopping and...

You're welcome.

Snapperoon: Eid-ul-Fitr Mehndi 2015

Capturing my life in snaps.

So today marks the end of Ramadhan for this year.

To celebrate, we design our hands with mehndi/henna patterns.

From being fed up of having no one to do my mehndi growing up, I taught myself how to.

I'm not exactly mehndi artist of the century, but I can do the odd flower and paisley.

My sister's right hand accompanied with her blue and orange nail polish to match her Eid clothes.
(Apologies for the lighting - I'm clearly not photographer of the century either!)

 My sister's left hand - I like the design of the index finger here so will be making a mental note of that for future mehndi sessions!

This one is cute. Again, still my sister's hand. I like the simplicity of this one and I think the heart looks bolder with it being left empty and designs all around it. My sister's favourite and mine too I think!

And finally, my own hands. I've said this previously, but I really like the way simple designs look as opposed to a full hand of mehndi. I especially like the finger toppers on this one.

Honestly, I'm not too fond of this one. I'm kind of glad this one is in the palm of my hand rather on the outer. I do like it but the surrounding of the outer circle is messy and not a fan.

Despite all the time and effort it took to squeeze all these mehndi patterns out of the tube, what I failed to realise was that the mehndi tube I was using was an old one. And as a general rule of thumb, the older the mehndi, the lighter the stain it leaves. And to no one's surprise, the stain left if practically non-existent! Rookie mistake - I know! But ah well, it's all in good practice!

If you'd like to see my mehndi designs from last year's Eid-ul-Fitr, you can do by clicking this.

Cool. Right. Well, I'm off to enjoy the festivities.

Good day and keep smiling xxx

San Diego Comic Con 2015: I may have squeeled a little...

I'm just going to leave this here...

WATCH TILL THE END!!

Where have I been? Good question.

Hello lovely people!

I may have disappeared somewhat for the past five-ish months but I have returned humbly to my blog. Things got busier, crazier, stressfuller (technical term), and now are beginning to settle.

I have much to tell you.

1. I want you back. Want you back. Want you back for good!

So that is the question, I am back but am I back for good? Well, truth be told, I very much hope so! I feel like I get so busy in the academic year that around this time, is where I recalibrate and make a blogging return. I guess it's the hum of the summer that entices me!

2. I am just under 2 weeks-ish (technical term) from finishing my teacher training!

Yes, I am indeed and will indeed be graduating again this year with a Post Graduate Certificate of Education which in basic terms, I am a teacher. Even more excitingly, I have landed my self a permanent post as an actual full-time teacher! I am a teacher. Now that's something that still hasn't fully dawned onto me yet.

3. I am three episodes in!

Remember I said, or may have said, that I enjoy screenwriting? Well, nearly a year later from starting to write my very own TV series, I am two episodes in. Well finished two, now onto three - which, even I at times question, "It's taken you a whole year just to write only TWO EPISODES?!". And the answer is, "Sure has buttercup!". It's something still very new to me hence my slow but steady pace. Plus, I do like to let my ideas to simmer for a bit before putting pen to paper or rather fingertips to keyboard as it were.

4. Back to YouTube?

I sure hope so! I hope to make a come back on the YouTube-sphere on my own channel Skeena Keep Smiling, where currently two videos sit. All shall be revealed in due course (i.e.) in about a week or two. However, speaking of YouTube, myself along with some friends and colleagues have started another YouTube channel called Crash Bang Computing where we have already and will continue to create and upload videos about Computing in School. So videos about technological tools in the classroom, the Computing curriculum, lesson ideas and tips. Do check it out if it's your jam!

Anywhoozles, we shall converse again soon!

Arrivederci!

Keep smiling xxx

Throwing an Emoji Cushion around a Classroom!

At the end of my teacher training, I started up and run a new YouTube channel with other Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) dedicated to sharing computing subject knowledge, lesson resources and teaching tips.

Here's my first solo appearance on the channel explaining a fun way to question pupils in the classroom concerning an Emoji cushion and the act of throwing it around the classroom!

Check out our other videos on the YouTube channel: Crash Bang Computing

or follow our progress on Twitter: @CrashBComputing and Facebook: CrashBangComputing

Three Cheers to 2014!

A bittersweet week full of inspiration and reflection.
Three cheers for 2014!

To the Past

If you've read my any of my previous posts, I am training to become a teacher. On Thursday, it was the end of my first school placement that I will do during my training and by golly, I'm going to miss that place! I was only there for over two months but the art of teaching really hit a chord with me. I've always had in the back of my mind that I'd love to be a teacher but this placement has set that in stone. It is one of the most rewarding jobs anyone can have - by no means the easiest, but the most rewarding for sure! I was sad to go but happy to know that I was definitely in the right place doing the right thing. I'm already half way towards becoming fully qualified! Where has the time gone?

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."

Albert Einstein

To the Present

Yesterday was a momentous day, I finished writing the first episode of my something special. I will say no more but even if it doesn't become something that is ever produced, it's something that I have enjoyed writing and enjoyed the company of my own characters. I guess writing is the acceptable adult version of having imaginary friend and playing make believe.

"And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name."

William Shakespeare (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)

To the Future

Today is Christmas Eve Eve - the day before the day before Christmas as it were! We are that much more closer to starting Chapter 2015. This year has been a good one and a grateful one. I graduated from university, I started this blog, I got back into creative writing, I started Youtube, I've met new people, new friends and I've started teaching to name oh but a few! I can only wish that Chapter 2015 holds more adventure in store for me because I'm going to give it all I got. I'm ready for the sad, the bad and the awful and pumped for the happy, good and the awesome!

You may not be in the content place where you'd like to be, but sometimes all it takes is that one little push and that one risk. Concentrate on all the little things in life because they take the biggest part of your heart.

Much love and keep smiling.

I believe in you.

Skeena xxx

P.S. On a final note, I write this post whilst listening to Ludovico Einaudi. You're welcome!

Does education need to change?

As a trainee teacher, the education system will and is becoming one of the focuses in my life. And something that many don't realise unless you're in the business, so to speak, is all the educational politics of the current education system.

For instance, does our current education support creativity or is it becoming more about processing children based on numbers and grades? Sir Ken Robinson, who is an expert around this are particularly, makes a very interesting stand in this direction.

Some may argue that this school of thought is completely radicalised and the current "Victorian Educational System" that some may refer it to, has worked for many upon many years; so why does it need to change now? And quite frankly, this is a fair, strong point. It has worked for many years and many of the most creative, successful minds of today come from this "Victorian Educational System". But I would question, surely as the newer generation of kids come through our schools with generally different norms, values and skill sets, surely a change in education is a step into the right direction?

We all probably know at least 1 toddler who knows their way around a phone, tablet, the new craze of "phablet" as you will, more than what you and I would've have known at their age. At it's the dawn of the tech age which is forever changing into bigger and greater things. We now have children who have never experienced life without technology. Technology that you can play with, interact with and do next to everything you ever need on it almost instantaneously to the extent where a second too slow is a second too long. This leading to low patience and attention span for our children of today. So does the current Victorian Education System need a modern twist?

For example, look at the work place before the Industrial Revolution. We had factories and mills full of workers who did all of our manual labour. But since the introduction of the new technology that took the form of machinery, the work place had to change in order to adhere to the Industrial Revolution. The work place no longer needed workers with manual skill sets such as weaving as we had machines who could do that for use and several speeds faster. So the work place changed just like how I believe the education system should change.

I personally don't think completely uprooting the education system is necessary as there are a lot of good things about our education system but certain changes with the right intentions can surely only benefit the children as their the main consumers of our education system. We have schools for children which can sometimes be hidden amongst labeling children, grades and target levels which is a debate in itself for another rainy day.

The current education works and they say you shouldn't fix what's not broken. But then how do we improve and make the way we do things better, efficient, and worthwhile?

I'm not expecting an overnight miracle of a change but a gradual one where we have the children's best interest at hearts. After all, they will be the one's running the planet in years to come.

She Reads.

What do you think of my second pencil drawing?

She Reads.

I used this photograph I found online below as a starting point.

Of course, all credit to the photographer (whom I couldn't find!).

In my last Shakespeare artwork, I blogged that I wanted to work on my perspective, making my 2D look for 3 dimensional and just generally drawing people. I picked this photograph based on all those things so that I can practice each of them.

What I've learned?

1. If it's closer to you, it's bigger!
   Logically, this makes no sense whatsoever. How can an object be "bigger" depending on where it is if it physically hasn't changed it's state? However, I've found that particularly in this photo, if you keep this unlogical, artistic logic in mind when drawing, you'll find it's bigger on the inside - (nope! Sorry that's Doctor Who!) - you'll find that it makes drawing things in perspective becomes that little bit more easier!
2. Your rubber is not only for mistakes!
   Now, we are taught from the moment we can pick up a pencil that the sole purpose and function of a rubber or eraser if you're from over the pond, is to get rid of any of mistakes you make on your paper. I found that it helped me a lot on the blending side of things when I was shading in the steps - in particular the side of the steps where it's darker nearer the top. Try it - who knew the rubber was so multifunctional!
3. Direction of shading is important!
   Looking at the steps mainly or even the shading on Anon(ymous) the little girl, focusing and establishing which direction you want to shade in helps make your drawing more realistic as we don't live in a horizontal/vertical lined world. The outline of the steps in my drawing are basically just long strips behind the little girl but with differentiating the direction of the shading for each strip, every 3 strips builds up one step - you following me? So for example, for the girls arms, I shaded using curved lines to try and make her arm look more cylinder-esque than rectangular.

Turning my Can't into Cans - not the Tin kind!

So I clearly still struggle with humans - not so much on a social level but more in the 2D world of drawings! I struggled quite a bit on her cute button nose and her right leg. Random, but true. Oh, and not to mention her left hand holding the book! That had to be by far the hardest part of the drawing that I found. Just generally the bottom half of this anonymous little girl had me stumbling over myself.

Having said that though, I'm really happy with how it came out as a piece overall. Yes, it's not a splitting image of the photograph but I'm happy with my attempt. Quite frankly, it came out better than anticipated! I am no means a Van Gogh but it's fun trying!

Pick up a pencil and doodle - you can thank me later!

Take care and keep smiling xxx

BLOG, I'VE MISSED YOU.

It's been a while blog-adile!

I definitely did not anticipate how busy I'd get; even too busy to post once a week! I'm ashamed. It started off only missing one or two and then another one or two was added and well, we both know what happened next.

I'm still busy and can only predict myself getting busier as the academic year progresses. But I still want to blog because I enjoy writing down my thoughts; otherwise they all get clogged up in my brain with a risk of explosion. Fact.

I may not be able to commit once a week but I will try my absolute hardest. I'm trying to manage my time a little better so if I schedule a specific time to dedicate to my blog, theoretically I shall still be able to keep up with it - even if it's not as regularly as I would like.

Update: I'm a teacher?

Just a bit of an update on what I've been getting up to, I've been busy being a baby in the teaching world and getting to grips on what kind of teacher I am. It's incredibly tiring but incredibly rewarding at the end of the day. I'm excited to refine the art of teaching for myself.

Arty Charcoal Pencil Pants

Speaking of art, I observed an Art lesson and the charcoal portraits on the walls just inspired me to spontaneously buy charcoal, a sketchpad and a mouldable rubber. Charcoal did arrive but it wasn't charcoal at all so have ordered another set. So in the meantime I have been experimenting with the simple pencil and I'm loving it. I'm currently working on a little girl drawing, which of course I shall post when I'm finished with it. I was feeling quite Shakespearean this Monday and spent the day drawing his humble abode, the globe and him, which you will be able to find on the Arty Pants page or see it directly by clicking here.

I do YouTube?

And finally, though I've not posted any written posts on my blog for a while, I did post a video of mine; The BBC Sherlock Tag (My Updated Version). I hope to post more Youtube videos because it's so much fun! But we'll both have to wait and see what will become of it! You can subscribe to my Youtube channel here (SkeenaKeepSmiling) so that any new videos I make will appear in your subscription feed.

That's all for me! I hope you've been keeping well since I posted last.

Take care and keep smiling xxx

Shakespearean it up in here!

After observing an art lesson, it inspired me to spontaneously buy charcoal pencils, a sketchpad and a mouldable rubber. The charcoal pencils arrived but were in fact NOT charcoal so whilst I wait for some actual charcoal to arrive in the post,  I decided to go back to basics with ye trusty ol' pencil et voila!

His Humble Abode, The Globe and Him. 

Getting to "Et Voila!"

I was feeling particularly Shakespearean,

so opted to first start off his his humble abode. I found this photo below online and as it's been somewhat over 5 years since I've actually drawn something, I thought that a house that was so geometrically pleasing to the eye would be a good start.

I then was left with a massive space in the bottom right corner of my page and what better to fill it with, but The Globe itself. I love how this photo displays the Globes circular nature with it's open top, thatched roof.

 

And finally, how could I draw a tribute to Shakespeare without including the Bard of Avon himself! The longer I stared at this portrait whilst drawing him, the more his eyes in the portrait felt alive staring right at me. Quite freaky but with a Mona Lisa-esque stare - his eyes will follow you whichever angle you make look at it! 

And there you have it!

Although initially I was going to leave it at that, I wanted to add a little colour into my drawing. I knew I definitely didn't want to colour in my drawing as such so I had the idea to write in and around my drawings in coloured pens. I thought it would be a nice little extra to have my scrawly scribbles surrounding Shakespeare as we all know him for his own scribbles in the form of his poems and plays.

Outside the Globe (the pink and green writing) reads who Shakespeare was - William Shakespeare, the playwright, the poet, the Bard. Inside the Globe (the blue and orange) are a selection of his plays - Macbeth, Midsummer night's Dream, Richard III, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry VIII, Romeo and Juliet, Tempest, King John, Anthony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar and Othello. 

Alas! Poor yorick! What would you improve?

I think with whatever you produce, it is always important to reassess and evaluate your work so that you can better yourself and go that one step further in refining your skill. So though I do like the outcome of this piece, there are a few things that I would like to work on.

One of the things I'd like to work on is bringing the 2D to life into 3D. I did try and attempt a bit of shading in this drawing which is a start. To help with this, I also need to look at perspective and how different elements of a drawing relates to other elements.

Out of the whole piece, I struggled the most with Shakespeare's nose. People and their features were always something I could never get right; noses, ears, lips, hands. But with practice, I hope these will become more comfortable to draw.

I've started to work on my second piece of a little girl and her reading book. I will be trying to work on my shading and drawing features and we shall see what the outcome is once I finish!

Thanks for reading!

Take care, keep it Shakespearean and keep smiling xx