Did you have a Mom that made you try EVERYTHING when you were a kid? I did.
She was famous for saying "Try it, you'll like it!".
Of course she just wanted me to be a well-rounded individual, as most parents do.
At one point or another during my childhood, I was juggling violin, recorder, piano, guitar, ballet and art classes. My Mom was the local Girl Scout leader so naturally, I was a Brownie and then a Junior (where I sold and ate more Thin Mints than I care to remember). Add to the mix, the dreaded day camps - Ecology Day Camp where we played in the woods and Chatham Summer Camp, which was more or less a popularity contest.
The only thing that stuck with me were ART CLASSES.
I remember winning a coloring contest in 2nd grade and receiving the grand prize of Bernadette Bunny (and I still have her)!
My mother had me attend art classes at the Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh, where I grew up. GO STEELERS! Sorry, I got side-tracked...back to the museum where we were able to wander the dim corridors surrounded by exhibits of dinosaurs, prehistoric underwater creatures and mummies, find a niche and sketch until your heart's content. I would get lost in my own world.
Throughout my life, I continued to draw and sketch for fun and freelance. High school art class was my favorite escape.
