Once I got it, it became my basis for explaining color theory in my teaching. I had to literally see it to really wrap my head around it. So many more options and mixing of tones! Doing color charts was not giving me the understanding I needed until I grasped the concept of color temperature. I found painting in oils challenging, especially with the color aspect. When I got interested in plein air painting I found watercolor to be temperamental to weather conditions, so I experimented with oils. I started off with watercolor for fine art paintings. When I was freelancing I used water based mediums for illustration and design jobs. In college we were required to use gouache or casein mediums in class. Recommended reading for landscape painting and how planes (surfaces) reflect light: Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting by John F. The lightest values in the dark shapes should not be lighter than the darkest values in the light shapes. “Let me put in the darks and the janitor can put the lights in” Charles Movalli OPAMĪ common fault is breaking up the dark shapes with too many values. Novice students seem to obsess over color. Values do the work, color seems to get more attention. As I walked around and looked at the paintings, I was struck by the fact that overall, the most room for improvement would be in the values. The next show, a local plein air art club, was on display. I recently picked up paintings from a show I had at a local tasting room. “Composition and the ability to structure your work on a flat surface takes time and practice to learn and understand.” From a book review by Dennis Babbit Like learning to play a musical instrument or hitting a golf ball it requires learning the fundamentals and lots of practice. Most people don’t realize what it takes to make a painting or drawing look effortless. In return, I learned about my students and teaching. In fact they said they learned a lot from the demos. My skills vastly improved and my students didn’t seem to mind. My method for instructing was to do a demo and articulate verbally my approach to specific fundamentals of painting for every class. I taught adult art classes for various institutions for the next 12 years until I could make ends meet by selling my paintings and teaching my own private and group lessons. I felt I had to know what I was talking about so I proceeded to educate myself by reading every art instruction book I could get my hands on.
The only experience I had in teaching was my former career as a golf professional. I was doing freelance graphic design, illustration, sign work and any other art-related work to get by. Twenty-seven years ago I responded to a classified ad for instructing art for the Carmel (CA) Adult School.
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