I very much enjoyed the 2-hour demo I attended this morning, by Richard McKinley. Excellent! It was sponsored by the Maryland Pastel Society, in conjunction with their (our?) biennial show, for which Richard was a judge. (It was held in the Music Room in the Strathmore Mansion, which is quite lovely. The show hangs in the mansion. Go see it! Note to self: see about concerts in that room.)
McKinley was very good, very knowledgeable, and a damn good teacher. The enthusiasm and the energy were all there, despite (it's my guess) he's done this same gig about eighty bazillion times before. (The more I see of this, the more I treasure and venerate real authentic teachers. Gadzooks.)
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