Hi Charles,
In reply to your very helpful email, I feel that your videos look
universal to any type of picture making.
For that reason I feel that even if I was doing a number of simple
water colours of views or family portraits, that your videos could
still put ideas into my head and improve on what I could initially do.
I guess at first glance the course looks geared up to teach people
interested in illustration for various media and would involve fictional
figures in made up scenes and all the tricks involved to make those
scenes as alive as possible.
It may well be that the course was designed for a young person who
is starting off his career to help him put out a good quality product
every time.
However, I still feel a lot of what you teach is universal to anyone who
makes marks within a rectangle, no matter what the media may be,
modern or traditional. Also, no matter what the category of picture-
making is - landscapes, portraits, still life, commercial illustration,
animation, your categories of instruction would give the artist ideas
and choices.
I watched your video about color harmony with the figure holding a
bow and arrow and was totally impressed with your broad definition of
color harmony (Hue, Value, Saturation Level, Shape, Mother Color
and so on).
I felt if that was what you could enlighten on the subject of Color
Harmony what am I missing out on with the subject of composition,
which is a subject about which I never see much practical help.
The info given on composition is usually rather simple and vague; thirds,
golden ratio, balance and direction lines but none of which is ever
explained in a practical way. It usually sounds like a philosophy rather
than an instruction manual.
When I look at Part 4 of your course I'm amazed
at how many different aspects of composition you include.
So even a retired guy can feel a little inspired by what you put into
your education.
Thank you for your help.
John Raines