Patt, this is a little off topic, but there are a couple of
excellent threads on
preparing for a workshop.
I can see Bill Whitaker's lessons on every one of the images posted in both workshop threads. There are clues to show which work belongs to which artists (the asphaltum gave your Cindy away for me, Michael). Here was a group of serious students who excelled because they very elementally bonded with the master, allowed him in their heads, and focused on doing exactly what he was telling them to do.