My latest art lessons, with specific sketching instruction or painting technique, have been from artists in different locations. I am more aware recently because I often travel when some art lessons are being offered.
An in-person class at the local botanical garden is wonderful when I am in town. If I am not available to attend the class, there is no recording to catch the lesson another time. I would have missed my “Draw Like Van Gogh” opportunity; thankfully I was in attendance!
Art lessons via zoom allow me to connect with a New York City artist at the original airing of the lesson. Or if I miss it, I typically have 2 weeks to download the recording and watch the lesson. This is quite easy to accomplish when the original airing or recording happens and I am at home. However, when on the road, not so easy. My last zoom lesson was during my camping-travel days. Some campgrounds have no wifi and/or wifi not powerful enough for all the streaming programs wanting to be downloaded by their campers.
I had an upcoming zoom art lesson. With possible questions I had for the instructor, attending the original airing seemed important. My solution was to find a Starbucks! Fortunately the music playing at this particular Starbucks was loud enough to drown out the audio of my zoom lesson. (I do not have headphones for my laptop.) In the end I had no questions, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.
I do like zoom lessons. To attend the zoom lesson as scheduled and review the lesson within the following 2 week period of time is valuable. Or, plan to watch the recording if missing the live lesson; thank you technology!
I have upcoming art lessons while I travel to the east coast of the USA. I need to plan where I will hopefully watch the original airing and/or the recording. When at a location with good wifi, I discovered YouTube is a site to view many art lessons. Will check it out.
My art lessons will continue as I discover my artistic style. I am no Van Gogh, but here was my attempt of a local area using what I see as his technique:
