I'll be fulfilling my final requirement for certification in a few hours. I'll be teaching my Wife's Grandmother. I'll post a picture when I'm all done.

The updates for the certification manual and the tests arrived today. I will try to knock out the tests tonight.

Last night, I finished the instructor notes for my next class. Unfortuanately I have to work tomorrow (Saturday). The only free time I will get is on Sunday, and then Monday I leave to go out of town for a week for work. I'm hoping to arrange a class for Sunday but it may be hard to pull off. I may not be able to complete all my requirements until next weekend.

Finally

My certification kit has arrived. I'm as happy as a pig in a puddle. And what makes me happier is the fact that Walt Burger has accepted my recent photo submission. I've knocked a nice portion of the requirements out.

Did a painting with my wife tonight. This knocks out 2 of the requirements. The painting I used to teach her with will be one of the 2 require paintings, and her class tonight meets 1 of the 2 teaching requirements. Not bad for her first oil painting.

Walt emailed the course requirements to me. Looks like I'll need to:

Study and complete the open book exams in the certification manual.

Watch, study and practice the techniques outlined in Bill Alexander's and Robert Warren's painting videos.

Do two paintings and submit them for review.

Develop two practice teaching classes along with instructors notes and supply lists for each class.

Teach two practice classes and submit photos of the students during the class and photos of their completed paintings. I have already made plans on this. I have two students lined up and as soon as I have the notes and supply lists for two projects done, I will hold a class with each one of them.

I can not wait to get to work on this.

Achy breaky paint

I posted a video on youtube for a couple of people that have requested help. This video deals only with making paint break when doing mountains. Check it out.

Walt Burger, the certification director, gave me a call today. He had been out of town for a while partly due to the Alexander Art Silver Falls conference.

I should be receiving some information via email from him detailing the course and the requirements. He mentioned that because I have some previous painting experience that certain elements of the course wouldn't be necessary for me. So that's good news. I'll be able to complete the course a little quicker.