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Three artists who have studied with gail have written the following concerning her teaching. The first is Maggie Tucker. Maggie is a public school art teacher at Brentwood Middle School, Brentwood, Tennessee. Maggie has a B.A. in Fine Arts, with an emphasis in watercolor, and has been teaching for years. The second time Maggie enrolled, the summer of 2004, to study with gail and to again satisfy her Continuing Education Requirements, she e-mailed gail and mentioned the critiques as the reason for coming back. She said she appreciated and needed the critiques that gail did at the end of each class. After studying the summer of 2004, Maggie continued to take gail's classes, studying with her on Tuesday evenings. December 2, 2004 Maggie e-mailed Ken (gail’s husband) the following:
- "Ken—you and gail can't possibly realize how profoundly she has affected my life. In participating in the learning process weekly I have become a better teacher to my students; a better artist; and a more loving adult. (It's weird, but I don't notice the dust bunnies as much when I'm immersed in my work.)”
- "Plus, I get the extra benefit of spreading the joy around, when I give people my work.
- " So, tell gail I'm grateful for her participation, but more than that, grateful for her."
- “In addition to everything else, gail is truly a 'Teacher of Teachers!'
Two artists from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bev Sislby and Katie Beason wrote the following. They are two sisters who asked gail to teach the Albuquerque Workshop which they produced, marketed and directed in their city April 4-8, 2005. The following are quotes from material they wrote promoting their Workshop:
- "gail does things you may have never seen before! She encourages you to use these techniques YOUR way to expand YOUR style."
- "Creativity is the theme and to better YOUR own style is the goal."
- ".....she will assist and critique and encourage. She is sneaky good!"
- "gail can get more color out of watercolor than you can imagine. She is literal, impressionist and abstract. How can that be, you ask? We don't know."
- In the context of discussing gail teaching the 'Disappearing Purples’ technique Bev and Katie wrote: "If you like the oil technique of painting the darks first, you are going to be impressed. If you like the look of transparency, you are going to be blessed."
- "If YOU want to learn to let go and use YOUR own style. This is for you."
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