Today was an awesome day. I don't have morning classes on Wednesdays, so I woke up at 11:30, ate my last banana with cereal, packed my lunch, and rushed to Painting class with Talia. I brought my puny paint set...my three brushes, and 5 tubes of paint. I didn't bring a canvas because I didn't know what size she wanted. She said she wanted as big as we were comfortable with, so I ran to the art shop upstairs and got a size A2 canvas for 40 sheckles. She pulled up this picture (above) of Trotman Maquettes. We were told to paint the dark spots, then gradually move to lighter gradients. I had no idea what I was doing, but just dove in. I interpreted the spacing of the heads a little differently.The good thing about oil paints is that you can layer and layer and the image becomes more complex. The teacher asked to show my canvas as an example to the class. It was an intense three-hour session of painting, but very thrilling. I can post a picture soon. Next class, we have to prepare an all red canvas and bring in as many different green tubes of paint that we can. I also need to buy turpentine/oil to thin my paint and wash my brushes. I love student discounts.
I then rushed to Ulpan. We conjugated adjectives and learned house/room/furniture vocabulary. On the bus I got a call from Na'ama who told me I got a position working at Hadassah hospital on Sunday afternoons from 2:30 to 6:30 teaching art to patients in the Children's Ward and in the Rehab facility. I'm going to be working with my Italian friend, Ruth.
On the walk back to the apartment, I saw a bag with something square in it lying on the sidewalk. Yes, I am wary that unattended packages on the street in Jerusalem can be dangerous, but this one was flat and looked harmless. I opened up the bag and found a whole packet of sushi seaweed! Nori! Costs ten sheckles! Me and my roomies are gonna have sushi shabbos!
I made the best dinner consisting of leftover defrosted chicken breast, two-day-old pasta and sauce, a shriveling eggplant, peppers, onions, and garlic. It was a fab rustic sauce.
could this day get any better?
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