I am working on the lesson plan on the accordion bookmaking. I am planning to create 2 videos for the lesson. One video will be on how to make accordion books and other will be on the cover for the book and pop-ups. I have worked with accordion book format for one of my series. I was pretty confident about how to make them and why the accordion format. But when I thought about the creating a lesson plan of it my thinking process changed drastically. When I think about creating a artwork I look for materials, medium that would complement the concept. Creating a lesson plan the second step of the artwork. I analyzed what worked in the artwork and what did not in terms of book format, what did I researched about the form before making the work, what did work from from those research and what did not and what are the solutions I discover during the making process. Then I thought about what can I share from my process with others and the lesson plan started to take place.
I also worked on some watercolor landscape paintings. Painting is helping me to calm down and take my mind out of the current situation. Last week I was frustrated with everything and was not able to focus on anything. As I shared with you last week, I made a schedule for myself of every little thing that I needed to do. I included lunch, dinner, breakfast, coffee time, assignments, movie time, yoga and walk time. It kept me motivated. I am not fully energized but I am at least trying. My friends and I started to do homework on video calls, which is game changer for me.
Take care and keep smiling!
