PRECISELY!
That is actually what I had in mind.
Your first session should be based on the color of light and temperatures in skin.
Morning demos by you illustrating the subtlties of the light; afternoon, posing and photo and measuring. (You could demo from photos and the school would save morning model fees!)
Cool daylight, warm incandescent... you could even play with gels like Sally does, but you can show how things work. Your book does cover three media.
Two days per model, just like you are, skipping a day so you can print out your own digital pictures for us to work from. (Out of towners would not be that easy with the film, but you can let them shoot and develop at Walgreens if they wanted.) At the end of the second sessions you can do group critiques and spend the last day recalling the four models which you would set up in double poses (ie. Amber and Richard on one stand, Cara and Hugh on the other)at the end of the first two days, pass out photos and let us all paint from life AND photos.
Hows about that!
Session two is each medium. Same processes for pastel and watercolor, but mix and match them. Demo pastel day one, watercolor day two. Same stuff day five. You can invite oils as the principles are the same and spend your time in the afternoon giving more serious personal instruction.
Session three will be all dealing with the clients. You can lecture on problems. Long slide shows and demos on designing the canvas. Show the problem and solve it and let students bring their own photos to help them work with the challenges of composition. Afternoon you can set up a single or a double model on the two stands and let people practice those skills inputting as you set up the poses. Sketch again.
Day two will be you working from a double model set up demo, explaining how to position the photos and do a live working sketch. Afternoon, students do the same setups.
Day three, continue all in class from days one and two.
Last two days they can bring all their own reference material and work on their own pieces or you can provide models and they can bring it to a polished state. On the afternoon of day five discuss promotion, marketing, client relationships and getting the check!
If you think you need a fourth session, we can talk! There you have a return client base, you build on materials from before, but they are all different directions!
Ok, I just got home from work and will probably recant this all after dinner.
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