The Art Teacher's Secret Admirer

I know what you're thinking... how can someone who spends their days surrounded by creativity and inspiration feel like such an amateur when it comes to something so simple as admitting a crush? So, there’s this art teacher, Ms. Green, with hair that looks like the sunsets she paints in her free time. One day, I was supposed to be working on my portfolio but ended up staring at her instead...and then somehow managed to get paint all over her shoes...awkward. Anyways, how do you move past this without looking like a total dork?