About
Award-winning Best Instructor, Best Business, here on lessons. A publishing/ad agency career always with highly-charged creatives inspired me to mentor others in learning new skills, discovering their own hidden creativity. Private lessons in the most versatile medium...acrylics. In a sky lift loft surrounded by inspiring paintings. My reviews say it all.
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Camryn W.
Cheri K.
Terri B.
Connie S.
Jen L.
Mary Ellen P.
Frequently asked questions
What is your typical process for working with a new student?
A conversation with a prospective painting teacher to share info about your materials, goals, and interests helps your mentor choose source material and develop a lesson plan for your quick progress. Your dialog is also likely to reveal if you and the mentor are a good match to enjoy your creative process. New students should look at the work of their prospect online to see if it's appealing.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Work in an advertising agency surrounded by highly-charged creatives and alongside family members who all painted inspired a life of sharing and assisting others to express their own hidden creativity and learn new skills. and got my start in a creative teaching environment as a dance instructor.
Do you have a standard pricing system for your lessons? If so, please share the details here.
Including paint set up and clean up, the lesson generally runs one and a half hours or slightly longer, and the pricing reflects that minimum to help you get started and complete your painting sessions. Reduced pricing for an agreement to complete 4 sessions can be negotiated.
How did you get started teaching?
I'm naturally an extrovert who loves people and sharing what I can to help them learn. I started as a dance teacher and learned that combined with my personality, my genetic disposition to creativity and how it was fostered as a child, is a splendid match to working one-on-one with adults.
What types of students have you worked with?
My students have typically been women looking for an outlet for their creativity. Many are mature women in retirement looking to enjoy their free time in a fun, expressive hobby where they can share in the excitement of learning something new.
Describe a recent event you are fond of.
I'm a member of an Art Guild where we had a well-known local artist review our paintings. It was quite stimulating and revealing to learn so much so quickly about painting from her critique of our work.
What advice would you give a student looking to hire a teacher in your area of expertise?
Prepare questions for your prospective teacher and arrange for a phone conversation for at least a half-hour. The important, personal decision to work one-on-one with a mentor should include a review of their work on-line to see if it appeals to you personally. Also, do you have space in your home to build your own studio?
What questions should students think through before talking to teachers about their needs?
Asking questions about good materials to have to have on hand to work with this instructor...brushes, color, where to purchase. Ask about what appeals to the instructor for source material, and what they think will be necessary to develop painting skills.