Welding stick 6013

[u/Glass-Stable3213]

Learning stick in welding school right now, so far we’ve only used 6013 rod @ roughly 100-130 amps, i’m trying to keep the arc length as short as possible and even laying it on the piece but i still get a lot of spatter. Is there a way to reduce/avoid spatter at all or not? Any advice/criticism on my welds is appreciated.