Mrs. Laughingpants Inspiration

Students are my inspiration

In one of my sixth grade classrooms I had students who appreciated my artwork. In 2004, I started to explore drawing people. I had fun drawing the faces of my students. They would volunteer to get their faces drawn. As soon as the seat in front of my desk became empty another student would fill it.

Seeing the awe and excitement on their faces when their pictures were drawn was something to witness. Some of them would run with their picture and shared it with their friends or they would go quietly and looked at it. Sometimes they would tell me it was not them. Interestingly, the resemblance was there. I wondered who they were fooling.

My Little Angel

"How could you do that?," said my student after I gave up on an art illustration class. Every class I took at this school my student would ask me to show him my work. He was intrigued with my art. At that time I did not take art that seriously. My student saw something in me that I did not see at the time. I did not see my self as the artist until a year after I began painting. There was always something in me that I wanted to express and I did not give it any focus. It was a dream that I did not realize until it kept nagging me.

I finally gave up and give in to my nagging thoughts. I picked up the paint brush one day and began painting. I did not realize that painting brought joy to my life. I continued painting from that day onward. Art is my passion and whatever way I can express it I will do it. My message to you is to express your art. Stay tuned for more from Mrs. Laughingpants.