Private Art Tutoring & Catered Individual Programs

One-on-One Art Instruction and Guidance to add More Art to Your Life

REGISTRATION OPEN  (limited slots available)
Get guidance made just for you and your own art making practice.
Art making is such a joy. It would be a shame for people to not experience it. =)

|  NEW offering  |  Jan 2024  |  currently booking for Feb-June  | 
​For group classes, see the Learning tab 

Private Art Tutoring & Catered Individual Programs
How it Works

  • ​All experience levels / ages welcome (portfolio prep too!)
  • Using a combination of live webcam instruction, videos, messaging, and other material from the comfort of home. 
  • A safe and welcoming learning environment from a working artist with 10+ years of art instruction experience in drawing, painting, sculpture and more...
  • Touch base each week, alternating between a virtual meet-up with instruction one week, and self guided learning the next (material being sent to you for self-study with message check-ins, videos, handouts, feedback).
  • Be educated on and guided through selecting and purchasing your art materials (so you put your money in the right places)

How To Get Started:

  1. Submit a form below for a free consultation (first come first serve).
  2. Meet virtually or by phone and discuss how I can help. 
  3. Schedule our first classes and get started! (I recommend the intro package!)
  4. Touch base and learn one-on-one - weekly online (webcam / video & messenger) on a schedule that works for us - see package below for example or go on a week to week basis.
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Beginner Artist Intro Package

INTRO TO ART - TECHNIQUES  & CONCEPTS - Starter Package for Absolute Beginners (7 weeks): 
7 weeks of one-on-one instruction  - to bring anyone up to speed with some basic concepts!
$ 540 flat rate - limited slots available ( 7 wks  for the price of 6 / regular $630 ) 
(new program in development and adjusted to the individual- subject to change)
A perfect way to get the ball rolling and learn the basics needed for using your materials and getting in the art habit. These concepts apply to anything you make!  By the end of this 7 weeks, you'll have a base understanding of shading, perspective, colour theory, measuring, etc. as well as knowing your tools better, feeling more confident choosing supplies, and have more language to communicate on art. These are the basics I'd start with for almost anyone and we can cater lessons afterwards to your interests and chosen media.

Want to take it slower? Ask about a 14 week half speed option or working week to week.
PART 2 coming soon 
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7 Week Outline Sample:
  1. Introduction Meet-Up (2hrs)
    1. Art making, letting go, and the joy of process.
    2. Mark making and patterns / designs (textures etc.)
    3. Starter drawing lesson in pencil (on any paper)
    4. Go over how it works and materials for self-learning
    5. Guidance choosing / purchasing supplies 
    6. Setting up an area for easy art making at home. 
  2. On your own - Get the ball rolling 
    1. Starting a personalized sketchbook practice
    2. Drawing lesson - value scale  + shading
    3. Basic starter colour theory 
  3. Colour Meet-up (2hrs)  
    1. Discuss and revisit material 
    2. Colour Theory continued (H,S,V, etc.)
    3. Begin a project of your choice to work on with guidance. Planning, composition, working in series...
  4. On your own - New Materials 
    1. Beginner lesson(s) in using one new chosen material
    2. Exploring /discovering your artistic voice 
    3. Continue your choice colour project 
  5. Perspective Meet-up (2hrs)
    1. Discuss and revisit material 
    2. Perspective in drawing - 1 & 2 point
    3. Applying perspective to people, places, and things
  6. On your own - Measuring 
    1. Practice perspective & apply it to chosen subjects
    2. Measuring - intro to measuring methods
    3. Grid method for measuring
  7. Measuring & Whats Next - Meet-up (2hrs)
    1. Discuss and revisit material 
    2. Measuring - Intro to comparative measurement
    3. Discuss where to go next, choose your own adventure! (next package / path)

This should help you get the ball rolling and get creating so you can get an idea of what materials, styles, etc. you are intrigued by or leaning toward, and feel confident pursuing those further (either here or on your own / elsewhere).

Our goal here is to get some confidence with trying new materials and approach art making from a perspective of curiosity in process rather than a finished perfect product.
 
I hope I can help you get over the hump of being nervous to start, feel comfortable joining that class, start your portfolio, etc.

What Else Can We Learn?

Here are some of the materials I use regularly and can teach you to work with too: 
Pencil, Colour Pencil, Watercolour , Gouache, Acrylic, Polymer Clay, Air Dry Clay, Linocut , Embroidery...

I use these materials a little less lately (working knowledge, but no expert), so I can give you an intro to get you started and see if it is for you, and suggest other experts to learn from next: 
Charcoal, conte, pastels, oil paints, epoxy clay, knitting & crochet, plaster sculpture...

Rates:
Virtual - $45/hr (1.5-2hr minimum) 
In person - $50/hr (2hr minimum, local,  currently on hold)
7 class program $540 or 7 for price of 6
​(materials not included)

    Start Creating! - Booking now for February / March Start
Tell me more:

Through my 10+ years of teaching and working at an art supply store, etc. I've heard so many people wanting to paint again after years, or getting stuck and needing an accountability buddy, those looking to prepare a portfolio for art school, or looking to just try something new and incorporate more art making into their lives or their families' lives...

Years ago I offered private art lessons in my home studio with a select few students, and I have occasionally worked with students in their homes, I loved working one-on-one and catering programs to the individual, but schedules, small spaces, and travel can all get in the way of what we want to be doing - making art. In 2020 pivoting to running a virtual summer art camp helped me see the benefits of online learning for many of us (between fitting in schedules and motivation to do so etc.). So, in an effort to find a way to help as many of you as possible to add art making into your daily lives, (and after many requests), I'm deciding to offer one on one art tutoring / coaching / lessons again. In this way, students can join from anywhere, in their own space, and learn to build a practice using what inspires and works for them.
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Some of you may be shy about getting started (it is like a new language, the more you use i the better you get!) Start by using kinder language with yourself - change "I can't even draw a stick figure" (the most common phrase any artist hears) to "I'm learning to draw" or "I am struggling with this area" / "I could use a little help with X"...

Make weird crafty things! Draw your grocery list instead of writing it, stitch silly sayings into your socks! Art exercises parts of our brain that help in so many others, so the best thing you can do is make a LOT of art.  PS for you perfectionists out there - remember for every finished beautiful painting an artist shows, there is likely many sketches, notes, failed attempts, many adjustments, and a lot of practice! 

Art making has brought so much joy to my life - I hope it can do the same for you.

​Megan