David Goldenberg Goldenberg

I usually structure the lessons by starting with an informal discussion with my student.

I encourage the student to tell me something about themselves and the subject that they are studying, and how and in what way they need my assistance and how they want me to help them master their subject and skills.

Then we will review their coursework and continue the conversation, which will allow me to gauge what they are doing and how I can best help improve their skills.

Between the first and second lesson, I will prepare a course plan which the student and I will discuss and fine-tune during lesson 2.

The lessons that make up the course will be a mixture of developing individual skills, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, digital art skills, written and cognitive skills. Presentation skills, how to select work for a portfolio. Developing their conceptualisation and self-understanding of their work and how to evaluate and improve their work. Key list of words, names and concepts for understanding art and their practice. Introduce a wide range of artists who I think will complement their practice and provide practical models. Look at different contexts and cultures that shape how Art is understood. Analysing these and other artists' work and practices. Examining and analysing what happens when a work is displayed and exhibited. Look at practical skills for examining a work displayed in different contexts using SketchUp and making models. Followed by tours around galleries and museums. Introduction to Contemporary art history and movements.