{"id":807,"date":"2023-02-16T19:35:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T03:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=807"},"modified":"2023-02-16T19:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T03:35:41","slug":"i-am-an-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/16\/i-am-an-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"I am an artist."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have a couple of teaching credentials- English and Digital Media- so naturally I am teaching a middle school art class. My students are currently studying the most important of art skills: creating cartoon mascots for terrible fake cereals. We developed a couple of them as a class. The first was an unnamed hamburger fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4030-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Two drawings of cartoon hamburgers.  One looks dangerous.\" class=\"wp-image-808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4030-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4030-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4030-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4030-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4030-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4030-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4030-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hammy? Burgo-Man?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was particularly pleased with the drippy cheese nose. The smaller version was an attempt make him look more like a fun mascot and less like a failed genetic experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second was this sentient ice cream cone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/69828045162__C2BD2720-4C4A-4C68-ACC8-932620126B98-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Hey kids! I.C. Kreme ponders his existence!\" class=\"wp-image-809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/69828045162__C2BD2720-4C4A-4C68-ACC8-932620126B98-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/69828045162__C2BD2720-4C4A-4C68-ACC8-932620126B98-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/69828045162__C2BD2720-4C4A-4C68-ACC8-932620126B98-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/69828045162__C2BD2720-4C4A-4C68-ACC8-932620126B98-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/69828045162__C2BD2720-4C4A-4C68-ACC8-932620126B98-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/69828045162__C2BD2720-4C4A-4C68-ACC8-932620126B98-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/69828045162__C2BD2720-4C4A-4C68-ACC8-932620126B98-1980x1485.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Also pictured: a very rough sketch of a yam with bloodshot eyes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, my teaching philosophy is &#8220;education is serious.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a couple of teaching credentials- English and Digital Media- so naturally I am teaching a middle school art class. 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