Thoughts on Art and Teaching This last Thursday I was going to get some animating done and maybe get my resume in order and out to someone I had promised it to.

Wednesday I got a call from Patrick Despres, friend, follow teacher, and lifedrawing guru. So Thursday I subbed for Patrick with his animation drawing class. It has been a while since I have taught a basic drawing class but it all comes back, shadow and light sources, prospective and form.

I really enjoyed myself. I think I shocked my students because they have only seen me as an animation history teacher.

And as always at times like this I speak in the voices of my teacher. I found myself speaking the words of Dick Ayers, Hy Eisman, Ric Estrada, and most of all Tex Blaisdell. And I know that the words I speak are not just the words of my teachers but the words of their teachers before them.

It always gives me a lot to think about. Where did all the words come from? How far back does the knowledge go? Will these kids be saying my words in some classroom in the future? It makes me feel like a link in a chain going back to the beginning of art. And that is a good thing to be, and that is a good thing to be!  ¶ 7:38 AM