Spots before my eyes for WOYWW

I'm not sure what to think

after my first real art lesson.

I trust the art teacher implicitely 

as her work is fantastic

but I fail to see how this

splotty, splodgy, spotty thing

is going to turn out to be 

a fish pond with three gold fish.

I can show this as a desk for this week

as it looks like my desk after I've been painting

but I'm afraid I don't see the fishpond.

My teacher said that's because I haven't painted the fish yet,

makes sense, I guess.

Here is my desk in a box

It's still full of all the goodies I took to class
and is still where I dumped it.
It's mainly paints, brushes and splodgy stuff.

You may remember that last week I was playing

with charcoal and making a huge mess.

Well that's about to happen again 

as I have to use charcoal to draw the fish in before class

next week.

I can see a completely black canvas going to class next week!!

I have to park a long way from the class,

so I bet I'm all black by the time

I get it to the class too.

I did sort of finish my ink painting of Charlie

He's certainly bright.

I don't like the way his feet are on the rock,

so I might do some shading around there

to make his feet look more like they are sitting on the rock.

I have done a little more to my undersea ink painting

but I still think it is a bit dark overall.

They were my first attempts 

into the canvas inking area

so I look forward to playing some more.

After all the info that was pushed into my poor little brain

at class this morning, I'm pooped,

so no more art for me today.

Think I'll make a coffee and head on over to 

Julia's Stamping Ground 

 to see the other desks

around the world this wednesday.