"This is the life"

...so the professors tell us. Being art students, we have a studio and live models available, and all we have to do is draw and paint.A live model is an expensive thing, but ours is covered by tuition. He's really quite good, especially for minimum wage. What occupation can compare to modeling? Today I saw a dude on the corner of Main Street in a banana costume busting out his best dance moves to music only he could hear. This must be at least little less strenuous.

He sits very still for three hours twice a week (he gets breaks.) The whole class laughed out loud when he walked in wearing that, but after a day or so, I really came to like the uniform. It's been a great two weeks. It has rained a lot but the good thing is that it clears off for a few hours on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for our watercolor class to paint "plein air."Last week our destination was a junkyard. It was like Christmas for me because I love old cars and tractors. This week it's the duck ponds at the local fairgrounds. I don't think any of us realized how difficult it would be to find a picturesque view.
It's been stormy today, but the rain should clear off tomorrow afternoon, as scheduled.