Review hours are for people who are already doing the work. You have drawn the prior trend. You have written “hammer” in the margin and, we hope, a note about the level underneath. Nalinee sits down and tells you where the note is idle.
Idle marks and useful marks
An idle mark names the candle and stops. A useful mark names the candle, the ten bars behind it, the level it did or did not touch, and the next bar that confirmed or cancelled the idea. Most review hours are spent crossing out idle marks. Students leave slightly annoyed and much faster the following week.
If you have never sat in the clinic or the studio, write anyway — we will say so, and steer you to a first session rather than taking the hour fee for a lesson the format cannot hold.
Who it is for
Current or former studio students, and clinic graduates who have been marking charts alone and want the marks checked.
What you leave with
Corrected annotations and a clearer sense of which of your marks are doing work and which are decoration.
Preparation
Arrive with annotations already on the page. A blank chart wastes the hour.
Limits
Not a first lesson. If the page is unmarked, we will stop the sitting and point you to the clinic or studio group.
Included
- Sixty minutes of marking and discussion
- Pencil corrections on your pages
Not included
- Teaching a new pattern family from scratch
- Written follow-up (that sits with private hours)
How enrolment runs
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Book an hour
Offer two late-morning windows. We confirm within two working days.
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Mark at home first
Wicks, bodies, prior trend arrows, and any levels you claim the candle is responding to.
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The sitting
Nalinee goes through the pile in date order and talks while she corrects.