"After retiring from a job that kept me traveling around the United States, I found myself needing to do more.  I sought out a job as a substitute teacher for kindergarten to second grade.  The class of choice was art.  I taught my students that art was an outlet, a place to share emotions and there was no wrong way.  One of my last projects was teaching my students how to make windchimes from paper cups and beads. 

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Then the pandemic hit before the next school year and teaching became virtual.  Trying to teach art to small children virtually was a challenge. Understanding there was no time to ensure my students had the necessary art supplies, my first lesson was how to use paper and a pencil to create black and white art that would be just a beautiful as if they were using crayons, markers or paint.