Friday, December 17, 2021

More About "I"

Here's another peek into who "I" is. 

I asked her what is something that makes you feel good. Her response was drawing if it isn't turning out bad.  Well here are some samples of her drawings.  Not bad at all!

Can you find the half notes? quarter notes? whole notes?

 This one has half rests and quarter rests and is her comic strip to be continued.

Excellent work I think! I can't wait to see what she does next.


Thursday, December 2, 2021


This is a pencil sketch of "I". Her smile says it all to me. She is enjoying our time together; as am I.

I love learning about what makes people happy or sad or what they are passionate about, especially my students. I have a little list of questions I ask them either at the interview or during the first few months of lessons.

Here are some of the questions I asked "I":

What are your favorite songs to listen to? She likes Classics, songs from different countries, and Rex Incognito.  Click the link to see a YouTube video of the "animation" and live performance. Interesting.

What are your favorite subjects in school? French. Bonjour!

What are your favorite movies? Something that is not too dramatic but with emotion like Silent Voice. Rotten Tomatoes says "A Silent Voice looks at teen bullying from a soberingly hard-hitting perspective that's uncommon for the animated medium."

I've included the link to Rotten Tomatoes for a 30 second preview of the movie.

"I" gets excited about spending time alone and being productive. Hmm. Is she really 12-years-old?
She doesn't like having homework to do and then finding that she already did it. I'm not sure I understand that at all! lol

Stay tuned for more insight into a 12-year-old beginning pianists life.