When:  OCTOBER 4-8, 2006

Traditions Teacher Levels - Traditions Teacher - Level 1

The Traditions Teacher is a Traditions Artist who wants to educate and elevate artists to new levels. This teacher will be knowledgeable in techniques and colors as they apply to art principles. The Traditions teacher will be versed in all the paints and mediums and be able to start new students on their journey. The Traditions Teacher will understand this new resin acrylic and will be able to teach the Traditions Educational System with the materials and designs provided in the teaching manual.

Requirements for the Traditions Teacher designation

• Course participation - Attend a 5-day Traditions Teacher Seminar taught by a Traditions Heritage Artist and actively teach decorative painting and participate in educational courses.
• All participants in the Teacher 5-day program will receive a certificate of participation.
• This program is a developmental program for Traditions Artists. In order to use the designated title of Traditions Teacher – the participant must be actively teaching decorative painting.
• Teachers who participate in the 5-day course, are actively teaching decorative painting, and want to teach the Traditions Educational System may register as a Traditions Teacher by filling out the teacher registration form which they must request here
• Participants who wish to be listed on the JansenArt Traditions web site, as a Traditions Teacher, must complete the form and return it to the Heritage Artist Teacher you took the course from or mail it direct to DecoArt, Inc.

Traditions Educational System ~ Program Overview

Traditions Artists Learn the Fine Art of Decorative Painting

The Traditions Educational System is a developmental program, which takes artists on an educational and historical journey as they work through the levels and styles of decorative painting. The program manual, presented by our Heritage Artists in a 5-day seminar, introduces the participants to 30 comprehensive lessons creating the bridges to fine art. The Traditions Educational System is offered as a complete teaching or study curriculum for the artist. It is divided into three modules, Module A–beginner; Module B–intermediate; and Module C–the advanced level.

Each module, consisting of ten lessons, is specifically intended to advance the student through a series of learning steps focused on understanding color knowledge, technique, and art principles including the history and symbolism of the particular genre or style of painting. The lessons within the modules are closely linked to each other in a methodical manner. The link reinforces skills, knowledge, and confidence through the consistent use of standardized language, techniques, and detailed explanations of art theory. Each lesson creates an ebb and flow, providing challenge as well as building confidence to make every painting experience a valuable one for the artist. Each lesson provides learning objectives as a standard to be achieved before the student moves forward. As the lessons unfold, the participants make the visual and technical connection to the transferable skills that take them from one subject to the next, building their foundation as artists. Participants are able to move beyond the project mentality and see the real value for this change in teaching and learning approach.

Module A is intended to build the artist’s foundation through the correct use of tools, language of color, and mixing, stressing the mechanics of brush control required for all styles, including landscape painting. Each of the ten lessons builds momentum as students are introduced to the challenges of learning dimension and color control, all of which leads to greater artistic confidence.

Module B is designed to advance the knowledge gained in the first module through more involved designs, in-depth color and value studies, and the introduction of several layering and blending techniques. Through the introduction of realism, sophisticated stroke design, landscapes, floral, and still life, the program establishes the technical building blocks for more to come in the next module.

Module C challenges the student once again, yet reinforces all previous lessons while continuing to build the toolkit for advanced skills and techniques. At this point the student has attained a higher level of confidence necessary to execute more advanced designs with greater detail and proficiency with an understanding of the theory required to do so.

Traditions Education is for All Artists
Which One are You?

The Traditions Education program is presented as the Teacher Program; it is also being used as a study program. More students today are looking for this style of education. The program is designed to TEACH at all levels. The nature of this program is for personal artistic development; it also provides teachers with a very strong teaching curriculum with which to teach others.

The program has been developed to build personal skills and to provide a strong painting foundation for the future decorative painter. One does not have to be a teacher to take the program for personal development. However one has to be actively teaching in order register as a Traditions Teacher and teach the program to others.

The program offers a win/win style of education for all artists, both teachers and students alike. There are really several ways to gain the Traditions knowledge and to study and learn within the program itself. Here are just some of them:

1.) New Teachers who wish to advance their own painting knowledge as well as have a step-by-step syllabus to teach from will attend the 5-day teacher seminar. They will then take the program back to their shops and studios where they will teach it to their local students over an extended timeline.

2.) Experienced Teachers who wish to fill in the blanks in some areas that they may have missed or forgotten during their development and painting careers. Many teachers may not have had the opportunity to study a variety of styles or techniques and may realize that there are several holes in their knowledge.

3.) Earnest Students who wish to seek a developmental program for personal study can also attend the 5-day Traditions Teacher seminar and work through the manual at their own pace. (These students may not have access to a shop or studio nearby where they can attend classes on a regular basis. They may still wish to find a way to study and grow their painting skills.)

4.) New as Well as Experienced Students who wish to learn a very comprehensive program such as the Traditions Educational System can attend weekly classes from a shop or studio that has a registered Traditions Teacher on staff offering the program in weekly classes.

5.) Students who are potential teachers may be thinking of taking the next step to begin teaching; they will have at their fingertips an entire teaching program laid out before them, with no worries about what to teach to their potential students. They will know they are providing the most well-rounded program available today.

6.) Veteran Students who do not have any desire to teach may also wish to attend either the Traditions 5-day seminar or take the program offered as ongoing weekly classes from a shop or studio. They may do so in order to revisit and relearn techniques and theories they did not learn correctly or skipped completely. This is another way to fill in the missing links in knowledge and painting experience.

This educational program is comprehensive. It will provide unique benefits to any individual who attends because it addresses several important facets of all decorative painting needs. Each artist will reap his or her own unique rewards from this program!

Q&A

• Will I paint during the 5-day seminar? - Samplings of the course designs and techniques will be painted on sample surfaces, allowing participants to experience the technical requirements of several of these 30 lessons.
• Will there be lectures and demonstrations? - Yes. The course will be presented with interactive demonstrations and discussions of the materials as presented throughout the manual.
• What about the pace of the seminar? - Due to the substantial amount of material, the seminar will be taught at a very steady pace.
• Will there be an exam at the end of the course? - No. Participants will not receive formal evaluation, nor will there be an exam upon completion. This is not a certification program, rather a program of participation.

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