Allison M.

Art and Photography Teacher also Tutoring Study Skills, Reading, etc.

Art and Photography Teacher also Tutoring Study Skills, Reading, etc.

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Knowledgeable and fun art teacher!

Allison has been helping me improve my drawing ability and she has been fantastic! She listens to what I am interested in and has great ideas on how to develop my skills so I can get there! I really enjoy my sessions with her. She is fun and flexible AND she knows so much - I will be working with her for a long time. We start on-time and work the full hour. It is always productive and fun.

Jeanne, 19 lessons with Allison

Tutor responded:

Thanks Jeanne, you are a joy to work with! Your enthusiasm and interest in art and creating compositions inspire me to tailor my knowledge to your needs. Sharing my passion for creativity is always more fun when I get a student like you that can express what they want to learn about and or be open to new ideas that can help get you to where you want to be artistically.

Amazing/Kind/Reliable/Smart

Allison has been a lifesaver through the entire online school process. She has made the process so much more tolerable for my son. I actually feel like he has done better than when he was actually in school. My son would tend to feel stressed. He has been so relaxed and more confident. Our son is hopefully moving into his new school for 9th grade, with full time, in person learning, in the fall. We plan on still having Allison work with our son as she has been so helpful. Teaching him how to keep organized. They work together almost everyday. We used to work in person but because of Covid, we had to work online. I was worried that wouldn't work well, that my son needed someone in person, but Allison made the online tutoring work like a charm. She has a great personality and being an educator in the current school system, she is up to speed with how the curriculum works and all the in's and out's to the schools online homework assignments, submitting assignments, etc. She is knowledgeable in all subjects. A+++++++++

Nicoole, 122 lessons with Allison

Patient and encouraging

Great first lesson. Patient and knowledgeable and kept it fun! I told her what skills I wanted to improve upon and she had a great activity for me. Looking forward to working with her again.

Mavis, 1 lesson with Allison

Very patient

She was very helpful. She made sure we understood everything. She broke it down into segments. She made sure my daughter knew how to work the program . This was our first time with her but it was good.

Sheila, 1 lesson with Allison

Good Eye

Allison offered some suggestions for my art student that can be implemented immediately to improve, and organized some topics for future lessons to fill in the knowledge gaps.

Stephanie, 3 lessons with Allison

Deep understanding of drawing and art

Allison is extremely passionate, positive, and well-prepared for each session. She is very talented and has examples and tools to develop drawings. The student is 9 years old and expressed an interest in learning all phases of drawing. Allison began with some elements of the face and shading with different pencils. Although these were great places to start for some students, our student was not very motivated to practice these on his own. His mom has decided to suspend further sessions while she reevaluates what he wants to obtain from drawing sessions. Unfortunately, it was also difficult to continue the tutoring sessions at 6 pm in the evening, which was the time Allison was available, and still keep to a weeknight schedule for dinner and bed. Our student was winding down and not as focused at that time. That said, we would recommend Allison for future tutoring.

Linda, 3 lessons with Allison