This project has saved me. I am so thank­ful I have some­thing like this to do when I need a break. I can still val­i­date it by call­ing it home­work. It helps my men­tal state so much. Hav­ing to give up every­thing I usu­al­ly do in my spare time, like bak­ing, read­ing, art, and explor­ing, made my life feel real­ly unbal­anced. This was my lit­tle win­dow of reprieve.

Now the big reveal. These are what I’ve learned. I’m a big believ­er in just going for it and learn­ing by doing. Peo­ple try to say art is hard, but I’m not real­ly sure if that’s true. It’s work and prac­tice. You won’t always like what you have made, but you are always learn­ing. The things most worth doing are a chal­lenge and that’s what makes them engaging.

Here are the ones I’m still work­ing on.

In progress

Here is what I’ve com­plet­ed so far that not yet in a frame.

Fin­ished

While I do have frames, I might have to tal­ly who will fit in what. I’m not yet sure if they are all wall wor­thy keep­ers. I might have gone a bit over­board, but I’m still mak­ing more. I was orig­i­nal­ly pic­tur­ing all black frames, but then I thought a mix­ture of golds and browns and what­ev­er best suits the bug. Now I’m back to all black. I will have a wall full of these. I plan to make a land­scape and por­trait jig­saw puz­zle.  I can’t wait to see how they all turn out. I just have to keep work­ing. I might try and include them in my next semes­ter too and try not to feel too guilty about them not being home­work anymore.