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- Drawing
- Painting
- Illustration
- Cartooning
- Sculpture
Experienced tutor in Drawing in New York, Michelle offers private lessons tailored to your needs.
- Drawing
- Painting
- Illustration
- Cartooning
- Sculpture
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About Michelle
Hey, I'm Michelle!
I'm a designer, comic maker and visual artist with over 5 years of professional industry experience. I've provided services for radio stations, media, fashion, and e-learning companies and I've been a painting instructor for a paint and sip company based in Perth Western Australia. I am super creative and possess an incredibly versatile skill set and I absolutely love sharing my knowledge with others!
I have a bachelor's degree in Digital Design from the University of Western Australia. I am a self-published author of an array of comics that are on digital platforms such as Tapas.com and Webtoon.com!
I was a painting instructor for an entertainment company called Cabernet and Canvas in Perth Western Australia for 3 years.
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts (Digital Design) Curtin University, Australia (2011 - 2014)
EXPERIENCE
PAINTING INSTRUCTOR | CABERNET AND CANVAS (2014 - 2018)
A company providing paint and sip experiences for customers.
• Communicated creative processes and solutions to non-creatives.
• Public speaking experience leading a diverse group of people.
• Excellent color theory and principles of art knowledge.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER | MASALA BABY (2018 - 2020)Children’s Clothing Brand.
• Illustrated and created repeating pattern designs for fabric.
• Edited Product and Lifestyle photography.
• Created and curated advertising collateral for new collections, e.g. e-blasts, Instagram static squares, stories, and website graphics.
• Collaborated with social media influencers to produce products.
• Maintained online store information.
MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER | CELL-MEDIA (2016 - 2018)
A company that creates Interactive training videos.
• Worked directly with multi-national companies (BHP & Newcrest), to develop E-learning products, while adhering to style guides.
• Interpreted scripts to storyboards using Flash, Animate, After Effects and Illustrator to create and animate assets.
• Collated storyboards using InDesign and commencing with 2D animation in Animate and After Effects after client approval.
• Produced print collateral (banners, flyers, booklets etc.).
• Acquired an understanding of HTML 5, CSS code and interactivity.
• Worked on solo projects and collaboratively with up to 5 different designers on large scale projects.
• Skilled in editing audio in Audition.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER | REDWAVE MEDIA (2015 - 2016) Radio network providing advertising and direct digital marketing.
• Developed marketing materials such as website graphics and advertisement graphics using Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Created visual strategies to engage the station’s online audience.
• Maintained content for multiple social media pages and websites.
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About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
1) LEARNING THE STUDENTS INTERESTS: I love to get to know a bit about my students first! I like to help them to first figure out and write down any specific goals that they want to achieve from my lessons, (e.g. do they want to draw a photorealistic image, sculpt an abstract form, create a mask, tell a story through sequential art, etc.) identify their favorite interests, and topics so that we can use those ideas as fuel for creative exploration. Then they will decide their preferred mediums such as the art of painting, watercolor, drawing, paper-craft, sculpture with paper-clay or papermashay and plaster of Paris casts etc.
2) DEVELOPING A VISUAL LIBRARY: Once my student has written down some ideas of things that are meaningful for them to explore, we do a little bit of visual research, sometimes using the internet to find photographs that are relevant to the individual's interests. If the student has already got a collection of images from scrapbooking, this is very helpful to identify topics that they would like to use as creative inspiration. If they do not yet have any ideas, I will get them to build a collage of images like this which helps them to start developing their internal visual library.
3) TOP-DOWN APPROACH: Based on photos (preferably based off of reality rather than cartoon images) we will use the images to begin exploring how to capture form utilizing the "top-down" technique moving gradually down the steps of capturing form first focusing on positioning, then to gesture, proportions, large details to fine details.
4) FINESSING THE PROJECT: This stage is about thinking critically about the work, what needs to be added, finding the desired final touches to be able to see it as completed.
5) REFLECTION ON THE ARTWORK: In this stage I allow the student to be reasonably critical of their work, to ask themselves whether they achieved their desired outcome and if not, what it is that they thought could have been done better.
6) ACCEPT THE ARTWORK: In this final stage, I encourage the student to feel proud of their art, even if they are not entirely satisfied with it, as this is an opportunity to accept that the individual is developing those skills and that it is okay to know that their creative skills will forever be an evolving work of progress and an outlet for their personal emotions and experiences as they continue through the cycles of life and learning.
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Rates
Rate
- US$50
Pack prices
- 5h: US$250
- 10h: US$500
free lessons
The first free lesson with Michelle will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
online
- US$50/h
Details
40$ an hour
Once the student's goals have been established, materials to accomplish those goals may be required to enable them to explore these different mediums.
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