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On our own nickel!
Peter,
On a previous post I descibed one of the numerous critiques Marvin gave without hope of remuneration or mentioning a workshop.
Often the student looks like the teacher until he has the confidence to fly alone.
My teacher said that style is simply your limitation, you have to learn the rules to break them.
One of the members on this forum is interested in working in a more contemporary style, I applaud him. However this is no reason not to do the heavy lifting at the outset. The artist he admires is Euan Uglow, a tres modern British artist. The man is a consummate draftsman and has a very original and beautiful style. He takes as long as a year to complete a painting. He was thoroughly schooled in the classical techniques.
I taught at the Rhode Island School of Design for three years. There is no way I would send a sensitive gifted child there. It was one of the most depressing experiences I have ever had. One graduate project was sardines enclosed in glassine bags suspended from a ceiling.
None of the teachers there are major artists, but poseurs hanging on to their feifdoms. It attracts the lazy and monied from all over the world. I could go on. Classical painting techniques are frowned upon as so hopelessly out of date. The student drawings, yeech!
Marvin must be getting nervous now, but I'm sure we'll ramp it up in the future.
Sincerely,
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