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Technical Directive 6 November 2004 Keep 'Em Moving Everyone has an OPTIMUM RATE of learning: every step being done successfully, as rapidly and easily as possible. So your marching orders are simple: TO DIRECT EVERY STUDENT SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE METHOD WITH A MINIMUM WASTE OF TIME AND EFFORT. There is no medal in the Arts [...]
Technical Directive 22 April 2005 Setups Both children and adults learn how to draw and paint the real world from still life setups. Every setup must suit the step being learned, matching the intent of that step as well as that particular student’s current level of ability.
Technical Directive 17 May 2006 Palette and Painting Knives Here and there I’ve given bits of information regarding the use of palette and painting knives. A painter can use a palette knife (shaped like a kitchen spatula) to clear paint from a palette or to premix additional colors, thus increasing the number of beginning colors [...]
Technical Directive 24 April 2007 Children's Program Alterations Cancelled It has come to my attention that a great deal of change has been implemented into the children’s program, much of which was not approved by me. These changes include the Art for Beginners Checklist, Sketching for Children Checklist, Tone Drawing for Children Checklist as well [...]
Technical Directive 7 May 2007 Your New Career and The Gluck Method Welcome to Mission: Renaissance and The Gluck Method. Before you begin your training, I want you to become familiar with how you, in your new career, will be bettering the lives of hundreds of people in ways you might never before have thought [...]
Technical Directive 27 June 2007 The Larry Gluck Instructor Academy An academy student is an instructor in training. This training takes place mainly in my Instructor Academy where you will learn The Gluck Method—my exclusive method of instruction. Your training will begin with the techniques for coaching and instructing children and may, in time, include [...]
Technical Directive 16 August 2007 Focusing on Learning THE PURPOSE OF ANY STUDENT IS TO LEARN. It’s very easy for the attention of an art student to become lost in just drawing or painting without any learning taking place. Class time can simply disappear for a student when this happens. Therefore, it is extra important [...]
Technical Directive 17 August 2007 Completing a Work of Art How can you tell when a drawing or painting is complete? A DRAWING OR PAINTING IS COMPLETE WHEN IT MATCHES THE ARTIST’S VISION. This represents The First Three Steps at work. By achieving on paper or canvas exactly what was visualized, any artist will attain [...]
Technical Directive 14 September 2007 Speeding Up Their Training I have made many points throughout my instructor training materials, both in writing and on video, about speeding up the progress of students. The following are a number of those points for your reference: • Help the fast students first. The slow students know they are [...]
Technical Directive 15 September 2007 Your Instructor Training The purpose of the Instructor Academy is to make you into an expert instructor of The Gluck Method, beginning with learning how to teach and coach the initial portions of our children’s program. All training in the Academy is done under the supervision of a Staff Training [...]
