Ricky helps you creative Learning Adventures
where YOU Explore & Discover
A Unique Approach helps you
"Learn to Enamel"
I provide a Map, not a Recipe

No projects or specific colors.

There is no "right way" or "right answer".

I challenge you to discover & explore YOUR enamel map.

It can be scary.

Techniques & Science

The Foundation that helps you control your tools & materials.

Important, but you don't need to be "perfect"

Imperfections can be expressive.

Questions, not Answers

Questions lead to decisions.

Your decisions lead to your actions.

Your actions lead to your results.

Practice to become comfortable.

Your Design Language

Become fluent with two languages.

A visual language: make Marks

An enamel language: make Enamel Marks

Practice translating.

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Learning Without Projects

There is not a RECIPE to make original artwork.

A RECIPE can give you a starting point, but then you are on your own to ask new questions, make decisions, and create your own recipes.

Creating a personal recipe is a skill. Our lessons help you practice this skill.

Do you want to be good at following recipes or creating your own recipes?

Enameling is more than Techniques and Rules
Questions & Decisions, Oh My!

Each decision affects another. It can often feel overwhelming.

Learning to enamel is not just discovering the "right answers"...

Learn to become comfortable asking different types of enamel questions and making enamel decisions.

This is what you DO when you enamel.

  • Technique Questions & Decisions: What can I DO with my materials & tools?
  • Science Questions & Decisions: How & Why did I get this result?
  • Enamel Voice Questions & Decisions: What I can use to capture a moment or feeling?
  • Artistic Vision Questions & Decisions: What do I want to "say" and WHY do I care?
Embrace the Mess!

I spend most of my enamel time "making a mess".

My mess includes...

QUESTIONS that don't have "right answers".

SAMPLES that provide possible answers

COLLECTIONS to explore variables

I learn what is possible.
I learn what I like.
I learn what I don't like.

I learn to enamel!