Klaas
You like Vegas; maybe you and your family can take a break... I see in my goody bag there is a Creative Painting Convention at the Riviera Hotel.. Jan 27-FEb4.. $85 reg and lots of classes.. short ones, like 3-4 hrs.
www.vegaspaint.com $19 for 4 hours of each class plus materials. (I won't be going but sounds like fun)
I have the class directory booklet in front of me... request one if possible. The pictures are great of the classes.
The instructor I had today is teaching class #612,,
Tea time .. looks like morning glories in shades of blue, blueish/purple.It's a One Stroke painting ( can tell the technique now) but I know she is a certified soon to be national instructor in this..a beginner class... you actually, with her, come out with something that looks like what it is supposed to/ Gee, done with all flat brushes and 1 liner!!!
Would be nice, in the Spring to have about $250 + for 3 days and get a enough training plus certifed.. furniture, walls etc. In Ontario CA. Hotel is extra.
It's in So CA so is accessable for us.Not sure the $$ is tho.
Spec Event # 704.. it shows the new look of One Stroke Painting with its inventor Donna Dewberry.. I like the IMO "old style" but like the flowers at the bottom.. we did something like that today on canvas. I like the "globbing". The petals are actually formed almost like the leaves.. two strokes combined.
I think that picture shows the use of HD brushes.. high definition.. we used those today.. just don't sit near an AC.. dries too fast while you are doing layers
Are you back to teaching this semester??? 
Class 61- actually has a birch tree..(color pencils( wow wouldn't it be great to do the Sweet Gum Tree of 622!!))
I see that WLA college is giving a CafePress class again..this time 2 Thurs. Oct 11,19 $59. Will skip that one, but it's interesting. See that Mrs. Numamoto is doing 2-- one with leopard plate border with a palm tree in the middle or a wisteria on a vine and a Plumeria.. each $19 plud $15 materials.
They have one on "Better Grammar in 3 hrs" I need a Senior Moment refresher. $29 and no materials needed
except a teachable brain.
Love CA... some classes such as what used to be a Community college are
only $20 an hour now!!! No reason for anyone in CA not to attend college at some time in their life! You can get you degree there or go there for 2 yrs and transfer all your course to USC, UCLA, LB. the UC-Irvine UC SD and SDState...
A person who had to work and raise a child could get one class in sometime. Might take longer but it's only $20 a semester hour.
Some degrees are done just on weekends.
My"escape from home challenges was through education. Can't see why some of these kids who have abuse or stress lives at or work don't save for these inexpensive classes at night and on the week end as an escape to a better life. You could make enough money to take one or more courses a semester on money made in MacDonals... if you be careful and take your own food if it isn;t given to you and the monthly bus passes.
Some have child care for day and evening student.
Well, end of rant on escaping out by the education route.
Klaas, I hope some Monkeys in S. CA read this.. Maybe they are interested in a certificate in Computer Crime.. are you?? 4 Saturdays at UC Long Beach; instructors, I think are 4 LE from Orange County.. $195 for each... cheap compared to UCLA extension or even other reg. classes. $95 for the Certificate.. Computer Forensics, ID Theft, Internet Safety, Internet Stalking, Internet Terrorism ( think)
It's on the UCLB edu site anyway. Parking, being Saturday looks good. Believe that
They have one on "Better Grammar in 3 hrs" I need a Senior Moment refresher. $29 and no materials needed
Well, the older girl I mentored and marlee in Ohio help with contribtuions so she and her sister could go to leadership can.left for Utah today to become a nurse.
She wil stay in a build with classes and dorms about a block from the Temple. I think you member me telling you, that when I met her about 4 1/2 yrs ago, she was very depressed, dressed in gothic black stype thins, nailss, dyed black hair.
I bought her and her sister some cloths so we could go to leadership, patriotic, Vets Affairs workshops;, hospitals. The made themselves and me proud by being great Americans; and also winning many awards for their age groups in the Juniors... Poppies, Fitness, Leadsership, Edcuaton, Legislative, Children and Youth..
The youngest one, now 16, is in independent study for she want's to be for she gets extra research and in depth things plus what required. She just marched up nicely from her councils and said she wasn't learning and wished to be to independed study. She is excelling. Sometimes we watch Book TV. She's a Junior and donsn't even have a computer.
They live in the same mobile home complex that I do.. Until one left for college today, it was 2 daughters, a son, an uncle, father and mom in a 12 wide trailer.
The younger girl said she got more BR space with her sister liviing
She is Honorary Junior Department (State level) CA Chairman for Children and Youth is year... I am thinking about things having to do with Internet Safety, Sex prev, thanks to watch out far... what online service has safeguards and have here be active when TES arrives... I think I could get to to blossom into some type of award winning National Program this yeas anst eh American Legion Auxiliary as it stated as one of their areas under C&Y, but no on, even on the Nation, has done anything about it.
Sure wished she had a computer. So many times when she'd watch Book TV we do followup looks ups or explored. Had one but the mom is ill and I think it was sold.
son was into robots and very good at it... after the computer went.. he had to go to a special school for being tryrent.
OK Thank you for listing Love IBE
