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The 2008 St. Andrews Workshop is fast approaching. I want to encourage all the returning artists to log in here and use this blog as a way to stay in touch with one another. I'm looking forward to see some pictures and messages from all of my dear friends.

There may be some growing pains, but I'd like to work with all of you to get this resource up and running.  The first step is creating an account for yourself at chinkoktan.com.

Click on sign in at the right side of the screen and follow the link to sign up, or you can click the link below.  It's free and easy.
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For now, this will allow you to add comments, but in the future it will also allow you to upload photos and post messages for other members to read.

Looking forward to seeing you all this Summer.

Chin.

1. To create all your subject's features (form, space, light, shade, plane, structure, texture, perspective and proportion) you are shown how to see and use shape and light value. Using my published method, the subject's features are fully rendered and never simulated by artificial techniques or fancy brushes.
2. To avoid muddy colours and overworking you are introduced to my Light Value scale.
3. To simplify mixing of colours and light values, you use only the three primary pigments.  That's right, every colour you will use is mixed from only 3 primary colours.
   
4. To remove inhibitions from your painting process you will learn to paint directly without pre-sketching. You are shown how to train your mind to see an object's shape rather than it's edges.
   
5. To produce your composition, you are shown how to scale and place your first shape correctly. This process allows you achieve your intended crop precisely, without the need for sketching and thumbnail studies.