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I've been absent here and NOT painting at all because I have to prepare for my part-time teaching job. I attended Three full days of Teacher Inservice Training. I hope it will make up for all the faculty meetings that I don't go to later in the year.
I am illustrating my back-to-school-busy-blues here with spots that I created for various educational companies as illustrations for spelling, phonics or easy reader programs.
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All of these illustration spots are copyright Janice Skivington 2014. Please do not use without permission.