| IT DIDN’T START OUT THIS WAY
Here’s the part I don’t usually share...and I think it's important.
None of those awards happened overnight. One of the Golds went to Garden Graphics Tool Kit, my eight-week drawing course. It’s the best example I have of how much something can grow after you begin.
When I first offered it in 2021, I’d taught most of those lessons in the classroom for years. But I’d never put them together as an online course. I shared the idea first and then so many of you signed up that I spent that entire first course scrambling, building each lesson the week before it went out.
I didn’t feel ready. I started anyway...and with my husband, Tommy, cheering me through every late night.
That first course was not polished. It was not perfect. It had plenty of wobbly lines of its own. But it was real, and the students showed up anyway. We learned a lot and still had fun. Imperfections and all.
And every year since, I’ve made it better. A little clearer here, a new demo there, almost always because a student asked a question I hadn’t thought of yet. Five years later, it’s still a work in progress...and this summer, it brought home a Gold.
I’ll be honest...I got teary when I heard. I’ve poured so much of myself into this class, and I love it so much. Seeing it recognized warmed my heart in a way I didn’t expect. |
