tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post4388984189835032246..comments2024-03-18T07:26:19.953-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1892 American Fine Arts Society Building -- The Art Students LeagueTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-18329509908561922942010-11-14T15:53:57.240-08:002010-11-14T15:53:57.240-08:00Artist Sharon Florin wrote me this:
Enjoying your...Artist Sharon Florin wrote me this:<br /><br />Enjoying your posts as always. Reading about the Art Students League today brought back many memories. I started attending the Saturday drawing classes when I was in high school, continued to attend the League during the summers while I was in college and then took night classes after I started working a 9-5 day job. Had wonderful instructors and learned a lot in that rarified atmosphere. What always impressed me was that in the class there would be beginners, barely able to draw the figure and very accomplished artists working right alongside them. Watching other students work as well as the instructors demonstrations was, for me, the best way to learn. One month, as I was on line to register for class, Richie Havens was on line in front of me registering as well. Lots of actors attended the League over the years too, such as Peter Falk. I continued attending until 1975 when my instructor at the time looked at my painting on the easel and said that there was nothing more he could teach me. I guess it was time to strike out on my own and around that time I'd also gotten a 35 mm camera and started to work from my photographs, which I continue to do to this day. The Art Students League is a wonderful place, thanks for the posting.Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.com