It was probably part of being a teacher that he focused on the positive of her creativity in class, and not on the part that she mostly utilized it to make up for avoiding physical demonstrations and being the center of attention. Which wasn't to say it hadn't come in handy to have that habit and experience once she graduated and had to begin to make her own jutsu to fit in with Team Shirakumo.

...But her most recent notable project involved a level of genjutsu she wasn't readily willing to share with someone who might question where she'd learned such skill from.

Instead, she lifted her shoulder slightly. "I've been experimenting on picking up another chakra nature. Earth and fire don't easily combine."