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Marvin's Classes
Hello, everyone. I'm making my posting debut today, though I've been reading and observing here for a while (not to mention learning from many of your comments). I've taken Marvin's class at SVA for several years now, which is why I haven't put up work for help here on the forum. But I do want to add some things to the workshop discussion.
Yes, you workshop participants have discovered Marvin's great teaching, talent and humor. He's that rare creature, a natural-born teacher who knows how to help you break through to a new level. He can (certainly!) communicate. (Plus he's one whiz of a problem solver; consider all the little gadgets he's come up with to make the painting task easier, and ease any problems you might be having.) And then he's that most vital thing, a fine painter, a problem solver in paint.
What I do have to add that isn't redundant after all your appreciative comments is this: as in John Murray's class, which I also was lucky enough to take, more and more people come back like me semester after semester, year after year, to learn from Marvin. He only gets better. (And so do you.) His Saturday SVA class is 6 hours for 12 weeks. It includes an extra 5-hour tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art during which he discusses why some of their wonderful masterpieces work, the very techniques he is teaching you--purely fabulous technical knowledge. This fall he is adding a 6/12 Friday drawing class. So if any of you are anywhere near the NY area, you won't be sorry if you decide to join us.
Best,
Fran Scofield
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