Comments on: Are your oil painting lessons helping you

By: charlie wright

charlie wright — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:42:37 +0000

this is great thanks heaps

By: DAVE

DAVE — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:27:42 +0000

I am glad you point this out. I have taught art in a professional school at the same time I was working in commercial art. I taught the curriculum as it was presented but I felt it was necessary to also demonstrate the projects and explain along the way before the students began. THEN I walked around and observed. Even now I fear going to an art class because of the trauma and frustration I had. I tell people I am not a good student—maybe the instructors are the ones that are not good. After the semesters were over it never failed to have students come over and say the class was their favorite and that they learned more than in other classes. I think it was because, as you mentioned, the instructors had a fear of making a mistake when demo’ing. By the way, I am mostly self-taught and had worked successfully in the retail fashion industry for more than 25 years for major department stores around the US. Keep up the great advise.

By: Jewell

Jewell — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:10:47 +0000

Yes, this is the right way of teaching everyone should be looking for. You are so correct. This is the way you should learn every thing. I have taught K-5 kindergarten for many years and that is how you teach reading. writing and numbers to new students that have never had the opportunity to learn before. Very good, Sir. It is wonderful to see them do it on their own. Accomplishment. And that is what I am looking for, it is just a little out of my reach just yet. And with prices of things now days I may never get there, But I sure enjoyed what I did do.