When we began this virtual teaching venture in 2015, we had no idea where it would take us. At that time, we were creating lessons' videos with the hope of giving clarity to how composing works without having to memorize
rules. We added learning options with each new need we saw from those who were studying those lessons.
With our most recent addition of the Academy, it's time to share with you how all we do works together, answering questions many of you have asked.
This is where it all began. I wanted you to be able to create your own library of downloaded lessons so that you could go back to them at any time. I wanted them to be more than my doing a
painting for you to watch--I wanted to show you how our various composing concepts can work for you.
With that in mind, we created topic-focused series, each containing up to four lessons on a single idea. Over three years we launched a new lesson every week, ending up with 40 Series, a total of 170
lessons in all. Those are all on the Lessons website at diannemize.com.
We began the YouTube Quick Tips shortly after we launched the lessons. We now have 383 Tips and continue to add a new one every week. Initially, we thought these would be geared to painting techniques, but it didn't take long before we realized their purpose was to answer your questions for each new Tip. Also, those of you who
post comments after watching a Quick Tip will always get a response. That's our way of staying in touch.
During that time, I began to want interaction with students studying these lessons. So, once we finished Series 40, we decided to switch to monthly workshops online. At the time in 2018, we discovered Zoom, a
little-known platform in those days.
That was an opportunity each month to work with a group of students face to face from all over the world, and to have individual sessions with them.
Photo of a portion of Roger's SauteeLive studio from where we broadcast workshops and live chats.
For the workshops, I could explore a single composing topic in-depth over several hours. For each workshop we create three to five videos, sequenced from dissecting the concept to show how it works
in the painting process. These videos grew to become the heart of our Master Courses at the Academy.
To date, we've done 39 monthly workshops, giving us 39 potential courses to make available for you to study at your own pace through the Academy. Currently, seven of them are available as Master
Courses on the Academy, along with four Mini Courses. With our monthly workshops, new courses will continue to evolve.
Our Mini Courses on the Academy are created from the Lessons' Series. They guide you through working through two to four options of a single composing concept whereas the Master Courses dissect a single
concept, then show how it works. It's all fun stuff and enabled us to offer you self-pacing courses without having to download anything.
YOUTUBE CHATS AND STUDIO INSIDER MEMBERSHIP:
Our monthly YouTube Chats, launched in 2021, give us a chance to explore a single topic with a broader audience, and best of all they are free, just like the Quick
Tips.
During the chats. Studio Insider members can ask questions. Once you JOIN from any one of our videos on YouTube (or the Channel page), you also get monthly coupons for a free lesson from
the Lessons website. For that you pay $4.99 monthly.
And these broaden even more our learning options for you. You can log onto the chats from our YouTube Channel page every third or fourth Sunday at 2 p.m. Eastern. We always let you know which Sunday.
Dianne and Roger (SauteeLive) sporting our silver plaque from YouTube for 100,000 subscribers
As you know, you get these Newsletters every Saturday, most often containing a composing tip for you to try. This week, I veered off a bit, but next week, expect another Tip! Oh, by the way, these
Newsletters have been going out every week since 2011. The Archive of all since 2016 is HERE.
Enjoy a lovely weekend of discovery!
During my Language of Painting series, I explained the role of our visual elements. If you'd like to review those roles to better understand the behavior of elements, here are the links to each of those
discussions: Color --Value -- Shape -- Texture -- Size -- Line and Direction
You can access the archive of all my newsletters (as well as the Quick Tips and other stuff) at any time by going HERE.
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