- senshisteph
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- Ichinomiya, Aichi JP
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- Joined: 03/22/09
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- My Focuses: Illustrator, Painter, Pencil Artist, Freelance Artist
- What I do: I was incredibly lucky to have a real live artist and illustrator (Tony Heald) as my primary school headteacher, who invested a great deal of time in teaching us to draw. Apart from that though, I've had no formal instruction. This can be both a help (sometimes I look at things in a way that someone who had learned a particular way of doing things might not) and a hindrance (I basically have to learn every new technique from scratch, by trial and error).
I certainly wouldn't describe myself as an artist, just someone who likes to draw (and cut paper, and knit, and paint, and...)
- My Interests: I teach kindergarten (well, English as a Foriegn Language at a kindergarten). This is the driving force behind my work - I draw to educate and entertain my students, and I draw because I see their life and energy, their ups and downs, the way life is so much larger when you are 5 years old - and I want to get some of that on paper.
When I'm not teaching or drawing, I love to knit, spin, sew, read, and spend too much time on the internet. I'm dabbling with designing my own knitting patterns. Also dabble in origami, felting, yarn-dyeing - anything that strikes my fancy! I love to sing, too. I'm also interested in just about everything - science, technology, philosophy, linguistics - I'm doing a Masters in TEFL as well, so I keep pretty busy!
- Artists I like: Leslie Patricelli - her work is everything I would like mine to be. Bright, lively, funny, engaging, simple yet expressive, really seeming to get into the heads of the toddlers she paints. Check her out, seriously!
Ed Emberley
On the inside - self portrait
Rainbow sheep
Sleepy Nao
Colour the things that begin with f
Colour the things that begin with e
Colour the things that start with b
Can you...?
Sakuhinten
Happyoukai
Happyoukai spots
Happyoukai programme
Messy Bessie - books
Messy Bessie - bag
Cake
Noodles
Doctor/Teacher
Undoukai programme
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