Sorry to hear it Kim. My painting teacher in college was HORRIBLE. His name was Marvin Mattle........ ha,ha just kidding. Different school entirely. My loss.
Our first thing was to copy a Master's painting and I stupidly chose Ingres's Princesse de Broglie. I did it in acrylic, but had not painted before with a brush, just an airbrush. I thought it looked ok for my first try. He pretty much told me to do it over after giving no help whatsoever. He tore apart everyone's work, even the good ones.
During the teacher's show in the gallery, his piece was a like a square ying-yang. The kids that took his class were pretty upset that this was the person "teaching" us. That must be why I can't paint today.
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Far too many teachers think that just propping a student in front of a canvas with a brush in hand will allow one to become a painter.
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I decided to drop my painting class for this reason. I wasn't learning anything in there. The teacher thought I could do no wrong, and any advice he tried giving would not benefit me at all. Sigh. Hope you find something else, Kim.