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All About Alex

Or Ms. B(ee) as my students call me.

Funny, now that it’s time for me to write this out (again) I’m at a loss for words but here goes:

Born in September 1989, I have lived the bulk of my life here in Maryland. I completed both my undergrad (BA in Art Education 2012) and graduate (MEd in Art Education 2019) studies at Towson University and am Maryland State Certified for grades PreK-12. I currently teach Foundations of Art and all Photography classes at a high school located in central Maryland.

I’m a practicing artist with a focus on illustration and comics. I enjoy also enjoy musical theater, karaoke, watching way too much Netflix/Hulu/movies/etc, and hanging with friends. I only play Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (poorly) and am a barbarian dwarf in my current D&D campaign. I listen to the same music I jammed to in high school, spend too much time in front of a screen, and am a big beginner of things but not so great on the finishing part.

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I always have had grand schemes up my sleeve and very little follow-through. Case in point- this blog had a short-lived life from late 2016 – 2018 where I only updated twice and then let it fall into obscurity because I really never gathered any momentum. That and to be completely honest, work and grad school quickly got the better of me and the blog took a back seat to life.

Now it’s 2020, I’m done grad school, and it’s time to actually put up instead of just shutting up. I’ve got a couple of big goals this year (my 30th on this earth) including better health habits, focusing on my art, writing and illustrating a comic, and being more productive with life outside of work. That’s where this blog comes in- it acts as a sort of accountability while allowing me to engage in one of my old school passions. (Yes, I was a Livejournal/Xanga kid and I also used to run a now-defunct website called Just Depends back in the day.) By investing in this little piece of web pie, I’m hopefully going to stay more on top of my goals while also getting to share my experiences teaching, creating, and living with the world.

For a more in-depth explanation of this blog, check out my second introductory post here.

So, welcome- hope this rambling about page made some modicum of sense and maybe piqued your interest in the going-ons of this blog. Please feel free to peruse the site or ask questions! Enjoy!

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    Hello and welcome to Ten Paper Crowns.com! My name is Alex and I'm currently a High School Visual Arts teacher located in Maryland. Here you'll discover my love of illustration, bullet journals, and all things media related. Thanks for stopping by my small piece of the web and enjoy! Read More…

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Took a couple quick self portraits this morning for the purpose of demoing some techniques to Photo II students and thought they were good enough to share so here we go. Can you tell I'm awful at captioning? Happy Tuesday everyone!

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    It's been 2 years since I've drawn this but it sti It's been 2 years since I've drawn this but it still continues to be one of my all time favorite pieces I've ever done. Good job past Alex, you hit all the right notes on this one. 

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    Day 1 of Year 8 at the Reach is officially in the Day 1 of Year 8 at the Reach is officially in the books. As I've found myself saying frequently, it's going to be a weird year but engaging with students even through screens is still one of the most rewarding endeavors of my life. Super stoked to be back at it and am looking forward to what this year holds. We've got this, kiddos. Welcome back!
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