Foundations Expert!

Lee White

Hey everyone,

We are finally wrapping up our foundation curriculum and wanted to ask about your interest in taking the foundation classes with an instructor to guide you and give feedback. The basic idea is that you would turn in your work from the foundation classes weekly and the instructor would offer individual feedback and draw-overs to help you really get the most out of it. In addition, the teacher would offer a zoom meet up every few weeks too just to have some face to face time.

This model tends to work well because it allows teacher and student to interact without being in the same time zone, etc. The teacher would serve as a mentor for getting you through the classes with the best possible outcome.

Let me know your thoughts and interest!

Cheers,

Lee

Julia Hegetusch

@Lee-White Thats a great idea, but also, will the portfolio critiques ever bee coming back?

Lee White

@Julia-Hegetusch we are hoping to bring back the portfolio reviews. They will probably be offered for a single week instead of an ongoing sign up. That way teachers can just free up a full week and do nothing but crits and really focus on it.

Jessie Oliveros

I love this. Would this come with our current subscription?

Pamela Fraley

This sounds amazing!

Larue

Yes, sounds like something I’d like to be part of.

Enni Heikura

That would be really great!

Lee White

@Jessie-Oliveros no, this would be an upgrade to your subscription because we have to pay the teachers for their time and attention. : )

Jeanne.M.Bowman

This would be perfect! I have been really struggling with the perspective class in particular, so having someone to correct my work would be marvelous!

Jeremiah Ashcraft

Do you have a timeframe for when you might start offering this service?

Julia Hegetusch

@Lee-White

Lee White

@Jeremiah-Ashcraft We are locking down details and will hopefully be starting a test run soon (within the next 2 months). Keep an eye out!

J. Morgan Looney

@Lee-White yes!! Also, a paint mixing demo from @Will-Terry for traditional media in the basics of color class would be very helpful to newbies like myself.

LauraA

@Lee-White I would be interested in a "Storytelling" Pro! Not so much about a book dummy as about all the ways we can up our storytelling skills and take out work to the next level, with feedback to push our skills.

I also liked the graphic novel class idea you mentioned in your 200th episode. (Congrats, by the way!)

Fey Realme

@LauraA check out the book invisible ink and the podcast you are a storyteller, both by brian mcdonald, story expert and consultant to pixar and anyone who is anyone— no one is better at story than brian mcdonald. Start at ep 1 not the most recent ep, and definitely buy the book

skeletortoise

@Lee-White This would be incredible. I’ve been subscribed to SVS for 2 years now and have had trouble being consistent. This would help motivate so much. Plus, I imagine there might be more opportunity then for getting to know classmates.

I know the details are not yet finalized, but does it look like this would be less expensive than the Pro classes? Would it be per class or a nominal fee for the whole foundations track?

This is such a great idea; very exciting!

von_Nimmermehr

i where just having a look at it how many weeks that would be. I think it is a verry good idea, but i know with my schedulle and workload i couldn't stick with it for 24 weeks in a row, if i would deliver every foundetion course week by week, even though i would love to.
Or how many classes are we supposed to deliver by the end of the week?

could it be level by level?

But i really love the idea, i guess it would help a looot of new people here and also me included

Kona McDonald

I would love the accountability and professional critiques of a weekly or bi-weekly check in and critique of a teacher!

Erin Hawkins

@Lee-White Sounds interesting! Look forward to hearing more about it. I love the value and flexibility of the current subscription model, but could potentially pay a bit more for more guidance, it will really depend on the scheduling of the live component as well as the cost. I'm happy to share more thoughts if you're doing "user research/market testing."

Lee White

@von_Nimmermehr So far we are thinking it would be in 6 or 12 week blocks. It would be for all levels within the curriculum.