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Technical Directive 22 April 2010 Coaching the Color Wheel to Children The majority of our children first learn about the color wheel when in watercolor. There is a specific, step-by-step way that I want you to coach this information to a child. To begin, explain to the student that they are going to learn how [...]
Technical Directive 10 April 1997 Improving How a Child Draws I just had a wonderful time watching my four-and-a-half year old grandson, Josh, in a children's class drawing a bird on a branch. He was doing just great, but then I noticed that he repeatedly drew and erased a wing because he couldn't get it [...]
Technical Directive 14 October 2002 Coaching The Gluck Method A ‘coach’ directs the training of others. An athlete’s success depends, in large part, on working with a good coach. I have adopted this same idea of coaching for the purpose of training fine artists. As far as I know we are the first fine art [...]
Technical Directive 14 October 2002 The Gluck Method There is no scarcity of art schools, art departments, private classes or working artists who advertise, “Art Instruction.” Many books can be found on the subject. So what makes us different? Mission: Renaissance is an organization of dedicated people with the common purpose of expanding the use [...]
Technical Directive 20 May 2007 The Reason We Teach A Case for the Traditional Basics of Fine Art When I started to teach I never thought I’d be helping people who showed no artistic ability whatsoever. I knew I could help those with some talent but others who lacked it wanted to learn, too. I [...]
Technical Directive 19 October 2007 Talent and Creativity “I’m not very creative. I have no talent.” How often have you heard those words? Have you ever uttered them? People confuse creativity with talent. Talent and creativity are both important. They combine to create art, but they are not the same. What is Talent? Talent implies [...]
Technical Directive 12 October 2007 The Meaning of Art To succeed in an artistic pursuit, one first needs to know, without any confusion, exactly what art is. In other words, what makes something art? To find out, let’s see where the word art originated. Art stems from ars, an ancient Sanskrit word meaning “to fit [...]
