Teaching the Basics: Paths to Success

Guild of Scenic Artists: When I was first asked to write an article about beginning Scenic Art projects, it made me stop and think about how everything began. I’ve been teaching Scenic Art classes at this point for nearly 15 years now, and in the beginning, when I was developing projects I decided to lean on what I had learned in my own intro level paint courses in college. There is only one difference: the students I teach are not in college, they’re high school students. I teach at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, an arts magnet high school in Florida that puts on productions that can easily rival those at the college level.