It is nice to be at the stage in my life where I can focus on getting the most out of every assignment, rather than simply completing it. All of my instructors seem to enjoy having someone who isn't just phoning it in.
The instructor is good. He's struggling a bit with explaining the last two concepts - but at least this most recent one is challenging to explain. I'm very impressed with the foundations program so far (this is the second of three classes - I did 3D last semester). I'm not sure how much leeway the individual instructors have to modify it - but the program is rigorous and generally well designed. We're moving in a direction I'm less comfortable with (the ultimate goal is to combine several different images into one large drawing using at least 3 mediums). I'm more comfortable doing representational work than a hodge-podge of snippets assembled into a pleasing composiiton that involves significant variation in scale and relationshipto each other. But it is an excellent way to push people like me - and force us to think outside of the box. Ultimately, that will make me a better artist.
My jury is still out on charcoal. I will probably enjoy it more once I get a handle on the process (or work out my own). How we started isn't comfortable to me - but I'm approaching this adventure I'm on by leaning into stuff that is uncomfortable so that I learn the techniques. Later on I can choose to toss what doesn't work - but if I don't learn it I can't make the choice to use it if it is a useful technique.
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