[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-norway-day-5":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Today I visited a Haugaland vocational college in Haugesund, on the Norwegian mainland and made lots of pug-themed comics with 16- and 17-year-olds there. Here's a quick-draw comic I made on the flipchart: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/haugaland_comic1_zpspgfnjfcm-13944b07d6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nTo be honest, of all the week's events, I was most nervous about this one because of the age range; kids this age can be very sensitive if they feel they're being patronised in any way, and the last time I worked with Norwegian kids this age, they were quite sullen and wouldn't say anything at all, even if asked a direct question, for fear of speaking poor English in front of their classmates. But this time it was a lot better. The students weren't obvious candidates, studying hairdressing, interior design and other things not entirely connected to illustration, but they were much better humoured. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/haugaland_comictable1_zps6k50gyig-a1b84a6c82.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAll but one or two of them wouldn't volunteer any ideas, but at least they didn't glare at me or get upset. And when I asked if anyone had any questions, they didn't, until class was over, and then a small core group of them came and talked with me privately, and turned out to be quite enthusiastic, and very interested in illustration and comics. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/haugaland_comic2_zpszh6tgaff-d3e7339a62.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSo I went away feeling much better about the day, that I hadn't been wasting time on them. We kept the subject matter quite light; I didn't want them to take their comics too seriously and stress out about them.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/haugaland_comictable2_zpscxjyeft6-2213169ab0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe did the same \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pugs-of-the-frozen-north/\">\u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i>\u003C/a> activities that I'd done on previous days with younger kids, but I figure it's something I'd have fun doing even as an adult, so I stuck with it. \\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/haugaland_gameboard1_zpszmfvw9vx-db95c1f67e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's a little peek at the interior, very modern and industrial, but brightly coloured.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/haugaland_hall_zpsrgak4mtm-fe4419e970.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI loved this dress on display in the hallway. I'd love to try making one, as long as I could make sure I didn't get caught in the rain. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/haugaland_paperdress_zpseh5ym1ne-3dfa214bcf.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd now I'm back in my apartment in Skudeneshavn, having some comfort tea, knekkebrød (which is fun to say), and a caramel-ish brown cheese called brunost (which is fun to eat, I love it so much).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/brunost_zpsfkp5lgnh-16de044c68.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks so much to the SILK festival drivers, organisers, teachers and kids who took part today!","2015-11-05T16:18:00.000Z","norway-day-5",[],"norway day 5",1776628727910]