Technical Directive 5 January 2015 Coaching The Cup Drill and The Rack Most students on the Beginning Oil Painting Course learning to handle oil paints have quite a mountain to climb. It is quite a challenging experience for many. The first thing to do is to make certain the students become completely familiar with how [...]
Technical Directive 15 December 2014 A Big Painting Trap When attempting to create beautiful illusions of the real world, most painters, due to a lack of proper past instruction, fall into a trap from which they seldom escape. Working on their tones and trying to make them more real looking, they overdo the contrast. They [...]
Technical Directive 9 February 2015 Squinting and Painting I’ve noticed many students are either not squinting often enough or improperly doing so when painting. Squinting with one’s EYES ALMOST ENTIRELY CLOSED isn’t something one learns on the Basic Tone Course and then afterward does once in a while. Squinting is a vital and necessary way [...]
Mission: Renaissance. Standard Operating Policy 6 NOVEMBER 2017 All Instructors INSTRUCTORS CODE The following Instructor’s Code was enacted as standard policy on November 6, 2017 by unanimous decision of the Program Directors and Senior Management staff of Mission: Renaissance. These codes build a solid framework for all instructors to follow in delivering Uniform Instruction to [...]
The Gluck Method Instructor Training Standard Drill 8.1 References: Larry Gluck's Basic Tone Drawing Course; Lighting (pages 8-10) Video: Standard Lighting Drill Setup: The Staff Training Officer (or assigned Coach) and the Trainee are in the Academy at an empty set up stand with a lamp and lamp stand close to hand. The Trainee [...]
Technical Directive 14 November 2014 The Beginning Tones Must be Right Read the following with The Basic Tone Drawing Course Workbook at hand for easy reference. Recently, while observing students applying the Adult Tech in the training academy, I noticed these two glaring errors: POORLY DONE OVERALL TONES INCORRECT THREE GENERAL TONES Allowing a student [...]
The Gluck Method Instructor Training Standard Drill 7.7 Final Course Checkout Start of Checkout Ask the Trainee the following question verbatim... "Can you coach anyone through the Basic Drawing Course with certainty and control, given enough time?" If the answer is anything other than a resounding "Yes" dig in and discover [...]
Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy 22 January 2018 Trainee Art Supplies So as to avoid any confusion regarding the use of art supplies in the Academy for staff training please adhere to the following: There are 2 distinct types of staff training; paid and unpaid. Unpaid Training For all “unpaid” training the staff member is [...]
The Gluck Method Instructor Training Standard Drill 7.6 Key Elements Start of Checkout 1) Describe each of the different types of "flows". Major Flow - "A major flow flows through the axis (an imaginary, central line) of an object expressing its main direction" Primary Major Flow - "an imaginary line connecting [...]
The Gluck Method Instructor Training Standard Drill 7.5 The Big Correction Drill Set Up: The Staff Training Officer (or assigned Coach) acts as a student learning to find "The Big Correction" in their drawing. The Staff Training Officer is to create a rough sketch of a set up, but with some errors. The Trainee [...]
