An artist's training in the late 19th and early 20th Century focused on the Metier, the craft of drawing and painting. Beginning roughly around the 1930's an artist's education engendered the egalitarian ideals of the Bauhaus. Simply put, the locus of the Bauhaus was creativity - self expression and the painterly exploration of the unconscious mind. In the early 1960's Bauhaus pedagogy was replaced by Critical Theory. Critical theory, too, has undergone dramatic changes. In sum, most graduate art schools are theory based. There is little studio practice. The assumption is that the student has already acquired the foundational skills. Unfortunately, many students entering MFA programs are ill-prepared. Of course, my Beginning to Draw DVD Workshop is accessible to everyone. It is a self-contained education designed for both home and class study. The content of Beginning to Draw is equal, and more!, to a 12-week college-level foundational art course at a fraction of the cost.