[The first time Steve had run this class was a bit more awkward, but he'd been doing it for almost a year now and had gotten his feet under him, able to smile and nod and prompt when appropriate as the other people introduced themselves. Most were new, but one he'd recognized from another class at the center.
And then it came to James Barnes. Steve had been watching the sour look out of the corner of his eye since he started talking. The previous flirtatious glance had unfortunately gone over Steve's head - he had very little luck for all his formative flirting years and was perpetually under the impression he was still a 90lb nothing who men and women alike would just as soon laugh at rather than be seen in public with. Acknowledging that even people he talked to regularly were attractive was more like acknowledging that David Bowie was attractive. Certainly - and you'd never get a chance. So that James was very much Steve's type as well was something he didn't dwell to hard on right away.
Steve still smiles. Every class has someone who's going to take more time and attention than the others, and Steve's bet was on James rather than the girl with the psychosis actually. By the end of it they're gonna be friends, he's determined.]
Well that's a lucky break for all of us to have you for this class, James. Don't worry about making art that's 'good' - just make something you like. Because of the nature of this class there aren't any grades, really. It's just about participation, and about what it can do to help you, individually, in your everyday life.
And hey, there's plenty of webcomic artists who can only draw stick figures who now have book deals for their comics. [That gets a laugh from a few of the other students.] Artistic talent is subjective.
Now, graphite, pencils, those are my mediums of choice and I'm the teacher - [Steve holds up the badge] so we start with those, but we'll be branching off to try as much as we can - let me know if you have any you're fond of or want to try and we can move around the order of things to get to it sooner.
[He's got starting classes down to an art as well, with how experienced he is by now. While Steve doesn't hover by any means, if James gets a little extra attention, well... it's probably just because of where he chose to sit? Sure, we can claim that's what it is.]
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And then it came to James Barnes. Steve had been watching the sour look out of the corner of his eye since he started talking. The previous flirtatious glance had unfortunately gone over Steve's head - he had very little luck for all his formative flirting years and was perpetually under the impression he was still a 90lb nothing who men and women alike would just as soon laugh at rather than be seen in public with. Acknowledging that even people he talked to regularly were attractive was more like acknowledging that David Bowie was attractive. Certainly - and you'd never get a chance. So that James was very much Steve's type as well was something he didn't dwell to hard on right away.
Steve still smiles. Every class has someone who's going to take more time and attention than the others, and Steve's bet was on James rather than the girl with the psychosis actually. By the end of it they're gonna be friends, he's determined.]
Well that's a lucky break for all of us to have you for this class, James. Don't worry about making art that's 'good' - just make something you like. Because of the nature of this class there aren't any grades, really. It's just about participation, and about what it can do to help you, individually, in your everyday life.
And hey, there's plenty of webcomic artists who can only draw stick figures who now have book deals for their comics. [That gets a laugh from a few of the other students.] Artistic talent is subjective.
Now, graphite, pencils, those are my mediums of choice and I'm the teacher - [Steve holds up the badge] so we start with those, but we'll be branching off to try as much as we can - let me know if you have any you're fond of or want to try and we can move around the order of things to get to it sooner.
[He's got starting classes down to an art as well, with how experienced he is by now. While Steve doesn't hover by any means, if James gets a little extra attention, well... it's probably just because of where he chose to sit? Sure, we can claim that's what it is.]