Colquhoun said: “She wowed me first with the portrait of me that she created.”<\/p>\n
He added that he was “excited” by the idea that Bethany had used drawing to help her focus.<\/p>\n
Bethany’s portrait was used in one of the author’s books, which detailed advice for educators on how to use storytelling as a teaching tool.<\/p>\n
The 15-year-old explained she had been situationally mute when she was younger, adding: “I’d speak to certain people and then not really talk to others. It was mainly people I didn’t feel comfortable with or didn’t know that I didn’t speak to.”<\/p>\n
She added: “I mean [illustrating] definitely improved my confidence a lot and I think it’s just improved me as a person a little bit as well, because I’m able to do things I haven’t done before. <\/p>\n
“If I was here a few years ago, I wouldn’t be doing this because I would be too nervous and I would be too stressed.”<\/p>\n
Bethany is now working on illustrations for a third book, as well as three drawings for another project.<\/p>\n
She said she was managing to intersperse her drawing with her schoolwork. <\/p>\n
“I mostly work later in the night, so 8-9ish for the drawings and then leave the schoolwork to the earlier points because I have more energy during later times,” she said. <\/p>\n
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