I started drawing and painting when I was a teenager. I had no technique but a great desire to express myself without having to speak. I went to art school in London after doing a Baccalaur\u00e9at in art. I came out without much technique, but with quite a lot of exhibition experience, so I threw myself into the wave of contemporary creation for several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After six years of living as a \"contemporary artist\", I got very tired of it... I felt like I was going round in circles, I thought everyone was doing the same thing and I found it hard to take what I and my contemporaries were creating seriously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stopped creating and taking an interest in art for seven years. Then, last year, I began to miss the artistic process and the creative moments, but I didn't want to do what I'd done before. I finally wanted to learn \"how to make\" art in technical, classical, thoughtful and academic terms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That's where I found Gilbert's workshop and started coming to classes. It was there that I finally began to learn what \"form, composition, tonality, golden ratio\" meant... it was also there that I understood that it's not just a matter of chance or \"feeling\" if you're touched or challenged by a work of art... there's a whole world of techniques and application of methodology to speak this language, so that it doesn't just stop at the superficial \"feeling\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And now I'm learning, reconnecting with art from a completely new perspective... I've met a teacher with astonishing knowledge in his field, a consistent and pure technical application and reading... and all this with great sensitivity and patience for these students who dream of just being able to express themselves coherently and freely!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Victoria James<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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