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[thespectacle]

i've been thinking about painting and a better way to teach it than the standard way academia does it. i remember how it was when i took those beginning classes and how unthrilled i was about attending as though it was the most uncreative processes. i keep challenging the idea that a beginning course can provide both a beginning technical practice

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[economyofline]

i know this might sound really basic and simple, but what about giving the students an option of what they want to paint in a specific artist's style they want to emmulate?

[thespectacle]

would this mean cutting out live models all together?

[economyofline]

oh hm. not necessarily! what if you used a viewfinder and told the students to chose only one section of the nude model to paint. though, the composition has to be complex enough to provide a challenge, of course.

you could even take out the 'artist's style' parameter in this scenario. if you want it to be technically focused on a specific method of painting.

interesting

[thespectacle]

how about this; as far as a first exercise for an intro painting: abstract using only two hues, must make use of blending. the parameters are focused on learning how to blend, yet flexible enough for the student to self-explore. i like the composition idea, but maybe too advanced? i don't think nude models should be completely thrown out, but having nothing but nude figures for a whole semester sucks and not creatively productive in subject matter--which i don't think it is a coincidence that a lot of painters can really paint representationally, but has really boring subject matter. perhaps it should be mixed up; half traditional nudes and the other half focused to creative endeavors. whatcha think?