Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes Volume 1

141 A Thinking Person’s Art

I have often attempted to explain my approach to presenting the ideas in these “handouts.” I have struggled to avoid referring to myself as a “teacher” and have used words like “suggestion” rather than “correction” when offering another version of a pose. I’m really here just to share my experience and it’s your prerogative to treat it however you see fit. As for the suggestions, they are only to encourage you to see in new ways, to help you break any stultifying habits of “penny-pinching” seeing. I feel that the classes I conduct and the handouts, if nothing else, create a surge of group energy that you might tap for your own personal betterment.

A couple of weeks ago I said “These things I present are not esoteric ...