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As your teacher/coach I am committed to:

Nurturing your development,

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Offering positive, supportive guidance 

 

Challenging your perceptions and beliefs. 

 

I will encourage you to take risks and allow me to help you find your way through and over the obstacles you encounter. 

 

I will recommend specific art courses and competitions at local clubs, guilds and institutions to further enhance your growth and make the best use of your time. 

All Artist/Students receive:

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Improved technical skills:

• Knowledge of how to perceive and represent light/shadow on the form,  

• Observation vs. Perception

• Composition - Arranging visual elements for optimal impact

• Color theory - Using color for its emotional content

•  Depth of space - Creating the illusion on a two-dimensional surface 

• Human figure proportions and expressions

• Envision - Incorporating planning and revision into your process

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Improved technique using a variety of media: 

• oil

• watercolor

• gouache

• acrylic

• pastel

• charcoal 

• colored pencil

 

Advice regarding the use of tools: 

• brushes, 

• palette knives, 

• texturing media, 

• drawing shortcuts, 

 

Inspiration:

• A pathway out of the place where you get “stuck”

• New questions to expand exploration/experimentation, perception

• Trust in your ability to express your own ideas with imagery 

• Recognition of your individual “vision” or “voice”

• Problem-solving support for your artistic exploration and experimentation 

 

Accountability:

• You will create your goals and I will be the support you need to engage and persist until you reach them.

• Reflection on accomplishments and improvement as part of the artistic process

 

Understanding of the Art World:

Application of art history and knowledge of the questions and processes that engage the greater art world