MY PHILOSOPHY OF ART EDUCATION
"Adjusting the pace to the student - not the other way around!"
I am convinced that private art lessons rather than group lessons are more effective for beginning art students. This is partially due to my personal learning experience. Quite honestly, I feel that I learned more about art in my two years of private lessons (last two years of high school) than I did in four years as an art major in college - and I went to a private college with small class sizes!
I believe in the value of moving at a pace that is comfortable for each individual student. Everyone is different and we all have certain strengths and weaknesses. It only makes sense to recognize and make provision for these differences. At this point in time, I see art training as logically breaking down into four separate areas that build on each other. Therefore, students will complete these areas at different rates. Some students may fly through level 1 and then take twice as long in level 2, while others may take a bit longer in level 1 and then move more quickly through level 2. Speed is therefore not as important as the degree to which each area is mastered by the student.