Mentorship for Artistic Growth / Portfolio Prep / Artist Statements
Rekindling a studio practice or applying to art school or residencies can be overwhelming, and it helps to have support. I offer guidance to accompany your growth.
Absolute beginners are welcome here. Maybe you connected to art in childhood and are ready to explore it again. Customized lessons cover the fundamentals of drawing from observation, intro to color mixing and more.
Sessions may be a meditative experience of art making, a dialogue about creative challenges and possibilities, or...
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Featured review
Skye is the real deal. She is everything she says on her description and more!
Lessons were very well tailored to your goals - she is wonderful to work with, and incredibly knowledgable. I’m currently finishing my Bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field, but wanted to apply at the Master’s level for Visual Art. However, I had no training; and was very overwhelmed by applications until I started working with Skye. She was able to break the goal down into a well organized and manageable process. Our lessons helped me create my portfolio from the beginning to the end, allowing me to form my ideas, and then develop them into a cohesive body of work. We began working in the summer for January applications, and had around 11 sessions in total over 6 months. I was able to apply to 8 masters programs. Skye also helped a great deal with the artist’s statement, which was really crucial. My portfolio definitely would not have looked the way it does now had it not been for Skye’s mentorship. She is very good at guiding her students while allowing them to expand on their own creative ideas. I am still awaiting responses, but so far I have been accepted to my top choice New York Academy of Art, and recently I received notification that I've been shortlisted for an interview at Ruskin School of Art at Oxford! Thank you Skye!!
Andrea, 11 lessons with Skye
Extremely helpful and compassionate
My twelve-year-old daughter who loves drawing has been greatly helped by Skye G as my daughter learns to draw portraits. Not only has has Skye provided coaching in shading of solids and proportions of faces in portraits, but Skye has incorporated art history, building on previous lessons and learning to use symbols in backgrounds. My daughter loves what she's learning with Skye.
Stephanie, 21 lessons with Skye
Great Experience
Helped me create a template for my 7 page essay to allow me to organize ideas. Was very creative and knowledgeable.
Tariq, 1 lesson with Skye
5 star review for Skye G
Skye is a remarkable teacher and I can’t recommend her highly enough! I began lessons with Skye when I was feeling very lost about my career and my artistic pursuits. Skye prepared incredible lessons that directed and supported my technical development but also infused me with confidence and courage in my artistic expression. This renewed conviction that she helped to cultivate, propelled me to take risks creatively and pursue dreams that I never thought I could. She became a mentor for me, as she offered wisdom and guidance every step of the way as I explored and worked on my new creative ventures and was met with various challenges. Her vast knowledge and extensive experience was so beneficial in my process as she provided key recommendations and approaches in finding solutions. Her lessons were a wonderful mix of art history, art theory and composition, enticing projects and incredible mentorship. It was a true blessing to have had Skye as my teacher. Thank you for your help! Lucia
Lucia, 19 lessons with Skye
inspirational teacher
Skye is really good at guiding and inspiring my daughter to improve at her art skill, making new pieces and setting up her portfolio for college admissions. I highly recommend her. Skye is herself an very interesting artist, I highly recommend to check out her portfolio.
Veronika, 47 lessons with Skye
Knowledge and fun tutor
Skye is very friendly and knowledgeable, she has a systematic approach to teaching. We had few issues with the camera connection and she was very patient till we were able to fix it.
Fadi, 7 lessons with Skye
Excellent insights!
Skye is really kind, receptive and helpful. I am so excited to be able to be tutored by someone so knowledgeable in art practice and art history!
Mim, 6 lessons with Skye
So awesome!
Slye is wonderful! She's so patient and kind and easy to talk to..... she seems to have a lot of knowledge. She taught me some things about sketching that hard not learned before. I can't wait to see what else I learn from her!
Elaina, 4 lessons with Skye
Clear, concise and attentive!
Skye booked a time with me. We went over my paper and took the time to understand what I was trying to say so that we could edit it and it corresponded to my thesis. What I was trying to express was particularly hard for me to put into words. Thanks to Skye, I achieved my goal :)
Karene, 15 lessons with Skye
Understanding and knowledgeable
I needed help with a writing assignment that was time sensitive, and Skye helped me organize and articulate my thoughts- the end result was amazing. Thank you so much for your help!!!
R., 4 lessons with Skye
Response time: 8 hours
