Technical Directive 11 July 2008 Watercolor Building Blocks In order for you to become a fine watercolorist, you need to learn important beginning skills such as how to hold and “load” a brush, how to layer paint, how to soften edges, and more. These building blocks support all watercolor techniques. Holding a Brush A watercolor [...]
Technical Directive 12 July 2008 Drawing and Watercolor The basics of Fine Art do not change because a medium changes. Line remains king in representational painting. Tones (lightness and darkness) are still important before you consider color. Put your attention on line, tone, and color, in that order. Realistic watercolors demand that you draw well. [...]
Technical Directive 6 August 2008 What is Tone TONE DESCRIBES THE LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS OF ANY AREA OR SURFACE. Tone is also known as shading or value. These words can be confusing because they’re used also to describe aspects of color. Color describes a hue (red, blue, yellow, etc.) and has little to do with [...]
Technical Directive 21 August 2008 Coaching Mastering the Basics of Drawing This course is a major breakthrough with regard to the application of The Gluck Method. Coached correctly, it dramatically boosts any student’s current drawing abilities. Understand that having completed my Basic Drawing Course, students have spent very little time at exercising their fundamental drawing [...]
Technical Directive 8 February 2010 On Giving Checkouts in the Academy As a student training in the Academy you will be, from time to time, called upon to coach another trainee through a drill on their checklist. In doing so it is important that you fully understand your role as a coach in order to [...]
Technical Directive 9 February 2010 Tone Before Color It’s important for you to understand why you’re learning about tone before color. A theory from modern art has made the rounds proclaiming that color creates depth. It is true that the color of trees on a nearby mountain is brighter than on a distant mountain; colors [...]
Technical Directive 29 August 2004 Like Sherlock Holmes The source of student difficulties can range from problems related to the instruction to problems that the student is having in life; using inferior tubes of paint, receiving a huge auto repair bill, a death in the family or a sick pet, almost anything. A good coach [...]
Technical Directive 1 September 2004 Student Success Stories The concept of writing a Success Story may be new to you. They are an important supplement to optimum learning. When a student gains a new skill or new perception of the physical world, putting a personal stamp of approval on the success helps the student to [...]
Technical Directive 28 August 2004 Clean and Neat Art studios are ordinarily very messy places. However, we keep ours remarkably clean and neat. After each class, or as time permits during one, put things away and straighten up. I learned firsthand how keeping a space clean and neat results in greater success. When Sheila and [...]
Technical Directive 26 August 2004 Improving Perceptions Dramatic increases in visual perceptions account for a student’s most profound artistic growth. These perceptual changes occur at various times for different students. All of the rest of a student’s growth derives from their acquisition of skills coupled with experience using them. Most new students begin with an [...]
