paintings

Painting is one of my favorite hobbies. I like doing abstract ones the most. Me and my sister are planning to do a painting together called Good Times. When we have finished we will put a picture on this blog.

In the meantime, this is one of the paintings I've done. It's acrylic on canvas. I don't actually like it, but I have got some complements on it and I thought I would put it here.

mixed media art journal

 

This is the first page of my mixed media art journal. When you do art like this, you can't be precious with what you've done. You need to use lots of different materials and methods. Whenever I do art like this, I need to put gesso on the page to strengthen it first.

Flexischooling

I'm going to explain to you what flexischooling is. It means that you can be home-educated and attend school. How? All you have to do is ask the head teacher of your school. If they agree, they will ask you how you would like to structure your time between the two. Flexischooling is good because you can do lots of fun projects at home while still being able to regularly see your school friends.

I hope my head teacher is going to agree with what we propose. If not, then i'm going to be fully homeschooled. It's better than only going to school.

Home education

Most of my life I've been homeschooled. When I was younger, I went to nursery but stopped so I could go to Malaysia, where my mom is from. After coming back, I didn't start nursery again. I was home educated. Not because of bullying or my parents being pushy, but because homeschooling is FUN! Being taught at  home does not mean drinking coke and eating crisps in front of the TV all day. It is exciting in its own ways. You get to go on all sorts of fun trips out. You can choose what time and how you would like to learn, as long as you do a certain amount each day. When I was homeschooled, I did not only learn facts but I learnt practical things too, like cooking and crafts. At home you get to learn at your own pace, not at the pace of children around you.

A few months ago, I decided that I would like to try out school. Not to stay there, but to see what it was like. I definitely enjoyed school. I liked hanging out with my new friends but I missed being homeschooled. I missed doing lots of art and reading loads of exciting books. So I decided to spend the last year of  primary school, being flexischooled...