Momof3 – it’s brand new so as far as I know there aren’t any reviews, but we’re hoping to get some out to bloggers so they can review them. In all honesty, Sharon, as an artist, is VERY sensitive to making sure that people are happy with the DVDs and she’s so proud that so far she’s only recieved back positive comments. As a friend of hers, I’m not impartial, but I, by nature, am an “improver”. I constantly have “constructive criticism” for EVERYTHING. The only reason I could imagine someone NOT being happy with these dvds, would be if they purchased one of the more difficult mediums to work with from level one and then found it to be too hard for the five year old that we’ve said could use these videos. If you have a young child, get the pastel or acrylics, theirs will not look EXACTLY like the one that Sharon completes, but I assure you the results will be far better than anything they’ve completed before AND they’ll have learned how to work with a medium in a structured way.
Another potential criticism of these dvds does not go to their quality, but rather to a more modern art philosophy that shuns have children work on a “model” project. Often art classes just give kids the media to work with and allow them to create whatever they want with very little guidance. This generally results in very abstract and even chaotic art. Sharon believes in creating beautiful artwork that is “orderly” – my word not hers, but helping a child create something so that people can tell what it is! While the child is learning a very specific project in her videos, she is also teaching them the general concepts and techniques they need to know to translate their new skill into whatever their particular passion is.
I hope that’s helpful to you and as soon as we get some impartial reviews out there, I’ll be sure to pass them along.
