New teacher, new class

I am now happily ensconced in my new drawing class and have my fingers crossed that I will improve quickly and massively this semester. It will be six additional hours of drawing each week if I continue to maintain my New Year's resolution to add one page to my sketchbook. That takes more than six hours a week so I'm pretty much doubling my work time. Has anybody ever gotten worse when they tried so hard???

Demi is back in class with me. She was so well behaved -- she always is -- that the instructor asked if she would make a good animal model for the class some day. I assured him that she behaves that well 100% of the time, is a retired service dog, and would do very well as a model. So now she has a whole new career! Hmmm, maybe I should market her on Craigslist... (no, no, I was just joking).