What could have been?

Since I moved to Wales and gave up a lot of the PR work I was doing I have a lot more free time to get creative. Over the summer I made some jewellery, decorated a mirror with a plate, which broke in transit from Morocco, and have done a bit of drawing.

I love art but have never had the opportunity to do much. The art teacher at my school (who was the type that obviously had favourite students) decided that I couldn't study for a GCSE in art. At the time I didn't want to kick up a fuss but looking back I think it's unfair that a teacher has the ability to stop me studying a subject you enjoy. The reason was "her sketching isn't good enough", well it was good enough to get me 3rd place in a drawing competition!!

I tried to do art classes outside school but everyone was over 35 and I felt a bit lost there. I don't think I'd be a famous artist if I had done art to GCSE level (if I was talented that wouldn't be a hindrance) but I would know more about drawing and art and would not have had to sat through geography lessons on dairy farming in Denmark!

Rant over!