Past Student Reviews:
Paper Marbling | online workshop | April 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2021
[What did you like about this workshop?]
“The numerous demos and examples, which Pietro gave, throughout the four sessions.”
“We could work along with the instructor or just watch. The fact that he mailed us a kit to start out.”
“Considering it was taught over Zoom, I learned a lot about marbling.”
“Learning new skills and going deeper into marbling, combining the chemistry with the art. And, of course, studying with Pietro.”
“I'm delighted to learn how to do marbling at home; adjusted for size. And Pietro is always a delight!”
“I liked Pietro! Was a very good teacher. Enjoyed all 4 classes. Supplies were excellent he made! all of them.”
[What, if anything, could be improved about this workshop?]
“Give an opportunity for students to introduce themselves and share one example of their marbling experiment.”
“Leave the recorded sessions up for a month post end of the $200 4 session class. I just don’t have time next week to watch all 4 sessions again and sadly I won’t get to review them in the short time post season that they are currently available to us.”
“I thought the last class was the best when he shared the diagrams of how to do the paint and the rake directions. It could be improved by showing us a thing and then letting us try it and then showing us another thing. Sometimes it got to be overwhelming when all of the different types were shown at the beginning of the class and then you have to remember to do them yourself in the practice parts.”
“PAINT - I still don't understand how to consistently prepare the paint so that it disperses.”
“Ending the Corona virus so we can be in person.”
“It got fixed halfway through, but sending the recordings earlier was helpful.”
“In person with Pietro.”
[Please tell us more about your experience with this instructor.]
“He was very supportive of everyone’s level of marbling experience and always encouraging to become their own creative self.”
“Pietro reminds us that art is a process and there is great fun in experimenting. He teaches us the “rules” and then we can do what we want.”
“I took an in person class from him a few years ago and then now this one. I enjoyed both. The only comment is that it is harder over zoom because he doesn’t have a chance to walk around and chat with each of us about what we’re doing but it still went very well.”
“I would not take this course online again. Because the instructor is not in person to see the issues we had with preparing new colors of paint, we had to test by trial and error. It would be really good if Pietro could prepare a summary and email it on how to prepare the paint if using the paints from Pro Chemical or Golden Fluid. I found the paints from Golden to be easier to use.”
“Pietro is a gifted teacher and a master marbler. That’s an unbeatable combination.”
“I hope you'll let us know in advance. when he'll be teaching the more advanced marbling at home class!”
“Pietro kept it very interesting and I learned so much! He is awesome!”