barryjacq
March 7th, 2004, 06:55 PM
When I decided to start painting seriously (i.e. full time and professionally) in order to pursue a career in fine art I was faced with the choice of doing a three-year college art program or picking and choosing from contemporary artists whom I liked and taking week-long workshops with those individuals.
I chose the latter course, mainly because it seemed to me that the quality of work of the professional full time artists was far better than that of the full time educators. The down side of the approach I chose, of course, is that full time painters are generally (but not always) much better painters than they are educators, and so the learning process was a little painful. Not only that but it also cost me a lot of time and money!
I started teaching my own students several years ago now and after some prompting by my students to write a book, I started to write. The project has mushroomed as I realized how much knowledge there was to put down on paper and the "one book" has now evolved into developing around ten course modules! each on different topics relating to representational painting.
I have just put together a website to start to publish this information and would like some feedback on the structure of the program I've put together.
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Does it meet the needs of someone starting out?
Does it meet the needs of more experienced artists?
Would students of the self-study modules benefit by getting together on a forum such as this one to discuss the assignments in the individual modules?
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Any feedback would be welcome!
See the following website to see how the program is structured.
Virtual Art Academy (http://www.VirtualArtAcademy.com)
thank you for your feedback
Barry
I chose the latter course, mainly because it seemed to me that the quality of work of the professional full time artists was far better than that of the full time educators. The down side of the approach I chose, of course, is that full time painters are generally (but not always) much better painters than they are educators, and so the learning process was a little painful. Not only that but it also cost me a lot of time and money!
I started teaching my own students several years ago now and after some prompting by my students to write a book, I started to write. The project has mushroomed as I realized how much knowledge there was to put down on paper and the "one book" has now evolved into developing around ten course modules! each on different topics relating to representational painting.
I have just put together a website to start to publish this information and would like some feedback on the structure of the program I've put together.
[list=a]
Does it meet the needs of someone starting out?
Does it meet the needs of more experienced artists?
Would students of the self-study modules benefit by getting together on a forum such as this one to discuss the assignments in the individual modules?
[/list=a]
Any feedback would be welcome!
See the following website to see how the program is structured.
Virtual Art Academy (http://www.VirtualArtAcademy.com)
thank you for your feedback
Barry