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LESSON NOTES![Jeff Watts figure sketches]()
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![Glenn Vilppu female figure drawing]()
Stan and Marshall talk about how and why years of teaching helped them learn to draw. Stan breaks down the process of how he creates educational videos and how teaching anatomy has strengthened his understanding of anatomy. Glenn Vilppu said there are no rules, just tools. When we come across a rule in our studies, we need to investigate the purpose of the rule, so we understand why and when to properly apply it.
References and books
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Draftsmen S1E01 Fear of Critiques
Top 5 Shading Mistakes
Top 5 Drawing Mistakes
Hand Drawing Lessons
Ira Glass speech
Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Workflowy
Writing the Natural Way by Gabriele Rico
Writing Well by Donald Hall
Scott Flanders
Referenced Artists:
Jeff Watts
Thomas Blackshear
Mark English
Glenn Vilppu
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Marshall and I talk about how and why years of teaching helped us learn to draw. Glenn Vilppu said there are no rules, just tools. When we come across a rule in our studies, we need to investigate the purpose of the rule, so we understand why and when to properly apply it.
I'm responding to Marshall's comment about the 'Chip on his shoulder teacher' comment at 50:00. I'm speaking from my experience not as a teacher but as a college level mathematics tutor. I tutored mathematics on my campus for several years as I worked my way through college. I think it's important to not only remove the chip from your shoulder but to also not be annoyed at having to repeat yourself. Sometimes I felt annoyed at having to repeat myself over and over again, but this is the wrong attitude. Iteration is part of learning. If you are passionate about communicating this knowledge to others you have to get used to the idea of repeating yourself. The students need repetition . The good ideas need to be repeated