Our very own, Schin, is going to be an instructor at IAMPETH in Atlanta this summer.! As many of you know, Schin is an artist and also a calligrapher with beautiful Spencerian script. She has a new book out (available at JNB, where I purchased a copy), teaching how to draw animals and incorporate calligraphy into the drawing. Her class at IAMPETH is on that topic. The brochure for the conference contains a beautiful tiger, with "Be Fierce" incorporated on his midsection. This is a great opportunity and her class is advertised as being for "all skill levels"! If you can make your way to Atlanta July 6 - 11, you will have a real treat if you can get into Schin's class. I met Schin at Portland's IAMPETH Conference 4 years ago & she is a lovely, gracious person. I couldn't draw my way out of a paper bag, so I don't know if I'll take her specific class, but I definitely would like to challenge her "all skill levels" contention! :-) I'm going to be deciding in the next few weeks whether or not I am going to go to Atlanta. (I went to Denver last year & enjoyed every day of it! I couldn't believe how much I learned!) At any rate, if you're on the fence about going to IAMPETH, I hope that Schin teaching will prompt you to get off the fence & sign up!
Janis
