Re: Can one learn
Originally Posted by
susan m
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I wanted to learn to draw portraits to be able to bring people alive on the paper so I paid and signed up for a class called exploring drawing . The first course of 10 weeks was ok , not once did we do portraits, neither the second or third course , in the end I left . I kept asking to be taught portraits but the class wanted watercolour painting not portraits .
Sadly I've lost the incentive now , when I'm ready it will come back
susan m. Some at tutors simply cannot teach
Over the years I have been disappointed with many and in fact, learned more from Books and Videos.
One female tutor talked about her cat most of the time and didn't do any demos
She told us to bring Fruit for a Still Life and then decided we were to paint Flowers.
A male Tutor age 60 years, who's art was brilliant never gave any demos but talked about his Wife and baby, she was half his age.
He was sacked as he was found in Cupboard with a married pupil.
Another male made us paint with a stick of Spaghetti and spent a whole hour talking about his mental breakdown so I left before I also had a breakdown.
At another class the First day I joined I was asked to take others home miles out of my way.
Luckily I did have three brilliant Tutors. One professional Male Artist who would not let us finish a Painting unless it was correct even if it took six weeks.
Another professional Male Watercolour Artist who sat with me for 30 minutes when I said I could not do perspective and showed me how to draw using perspective.
And finally, my wonderful Chinese Brush Painting Tutor from Malaya taught by a Chinese Master, who spent up to 45 minutes giving a demonstration of a whole subject and produced a wonderful painting with a few strokes of the brush dancing over the page.
Some ArtTutors employed at Adult Education Centres have no qualifications, and best avoided