I was contacted through my web site a year ago regarding my “image with in an image” paintings, by a woman in South Africa. She was very interested in learning how to paint this style. She asked me if I knew anyone in South Africa who taught this style. I wrote her back stating I didn’t know anyone in South Africa but was willing to help her if she was interested. Needless to say this became an adventure in learning how to teach via email.
After much emailing back and forth, we settled on the subject (the elephant shown here). I proceeded with sending her the list of art supplies she would need. I didn’t know what brands they had there or if the names were the same, so I took pictures of my supplies as a visual for her to go by. I chose an image of an elephant and sent that to her as well.
Teaching this painting through the email was long and educational for both of us. I took pictures , made notes, refined my notes, and sent her the stages of my progress. She would then study the pictures and notes then work on her own painting. She then took pictures of her work for my critique. The whole process took over four months to complete. And we were both very happy in the end with the results
September 18th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
That’s quite an accomplishment! Patience is indeed a virtue I’ve learned from email instructions to several people at Red Bubble, as well as tutorial writing both on Red Bubble and before at my previous job. So far any how-to’s I’ve done here at home depended on an ancient version of the screen capture software Hypersnap, http://www.hyperionics.com/ especially demonstrating an application or function within one. I gather that their video capture program makes a movie of what you’re doing live on the monitor as well. Not much help if you’re painting oils on an easel, but either would very handy for anything else already on your computer.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Fantastic Darice. I would love to do this with you some time too.
September 19th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
anytime you want, Beth.
September 19th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
thanks for the link Syd….looks very interesting. I’m keeping my eyes out for a CHEAP used video camera. That way I have movement and sound. Both are very valuable tools for teaching.