3 Months of Portrait Painting Mentoring with Andrew James: THE NEW SCHOOL OF ART, Online

Join Andrew for 3 months of online mentoring & feedback sessions as well as ongoing support through a private facebook group.

This is a year of in-depth and personalised support, guidance and encouragement, providing a framework to progress your practice over the year, through presenting and discussing your work in a supportive and constructive atmosphere with fellow artists. Advice and guidance will be tailored to each artist’s needs. Numbers will be capped at 6 participants so that each artist will have a generous amount of time to present their work. One to one Zoom sessions will give an opportunity for personalised advice from Andy.

One group monthly Zoom session and 1 one to one zoom will be facilitated by Andrew. Participants may present a maximum of 3-4 paintings each time, plus some supporting work – drawings, sketchbooks etc. Encouragement and advice will be given for work to be done during the 2 weeks between the sessions, and a private facebook group will provide space for an informal exchange and discussion of ideas, questions, issues, this space will mainly be for students to share work, Andrew will participate from time to time. Being part of a small group of fellow artists provides a hugely valuable sense of community and a source of constructive critique over an extended period of time, which can really help you take your work to the next level.

The three months of mentoring aims to build confidence in the individual and support the development and progress of their artistic goals. A balanced emphasis will be placed upon development of practical skills alongside the enhancement of imaginative and creative frameworks.

The programme is open to artists at any stage in their career

Timings and Details

Mondays: 12 midday – 2pm

Course 1:  January 6th, Febuary 3rd, March 3rd 2025

Course 2: September 8th, October 6th, November 3rd 2025