Classes, Workshops, Mentoring

I offer workshops at Marin MOCA, individual instruction in my studio, community drawing classes, and mentoring, either in my studio or at the studio of the mentee.

Individual Instruction:

I work with beginning or intermediate artists to help them develop or hone skills such as representational drawing, abstract drawing, composition, and working with color. We usually meet once a week, for a few sessions or for longer if desired. Sessions include teaching the skills, immediate feedback, and encouragement.

$80 per hour.

Mentoring:

When I start a mentoring process with an artist, we spend some time clarifying the goals of our work together. In our sessions, I help the artist:

Critique their work and develop their own artistic vision
Write an artist statement and compile a CV
Resolve technical challenges and discover the best medium for the artist’s vision
Stay focused and persist in their art practice even during fallow or doubting periods
Stay flexible and go with the flow if goals change or the work takes an unexpected turn.

$125 per hour.

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“It’s rare to come across an artist who is such a talented and compassionate teacher as Janet Bogardus. Janet provides me with invaluable tools to look at my art practice with a fresh eye, and apply those skills to developing more dynamic and authentic drawings and paintings. Her creativity, patience and humor continue to give me the confidence create work I never would have thought possible. I highly recommend Janet as a teacher and mentor for anyone interested in taking their work to the next level."

Rebecca Katz, ICB Sausalito Artist