What is Re-Marks?
Melinda gives specific and individual comments on your work. Receive constructive and meaningful feedback to improve and progress your work, no matter your subject matter or experience. Students may enroll as many times as they wish. Sessions occur 3-4 times a year based on client demand.
$250/Session
Registration Open:
APRIL 24
Next Session:
JUNE 1
But wait, there’s more! …see below ⇣
“So many of you have asked for additional feedback on your work outside of the eCourses. “Re-Marks” has been created for YOU! ”
ALL TYPES OF SUBJECT MATTER ARE WELCOME
All Sessions Include Critiques and More:
For all that’s included see below ⇣
For all that’s included see below ⇣
★ Access to Melinda’s feedback for one month. Post your work in a private Facebook Group, where you have lifetime access, allowing you to build a community with fellow artists after the session ends.
★ Specific and individual feedback from Melinda on each painting that you post during the monthlong session.*
★ Two LIVE group ZOOM sessions*.
Prepare your questions and interact with Melinda! Listen while she answers questions from all participants. Topics might include: techniques, materials, art business, marketing, pricing, etc.
*This is not a critique session.
★ A SAMPLE LIBRARY of instructional videos from Melinda’s courses including these and more!
★ MELINDA’s FAVORITES – a list of educational and inspiring resources to enrich your art education.
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*number of paintings posted may be limited due to available time.
Who is Melinda Cootsona?
With 30+ years of painting experience and 23 years of teaching, she has painted and taught all types of subject matter. Melinda would love to see what you are working on!
Receive constructive and meaningful feedback.
Actually visualize the changes possible in your work when Melinda uses the app Procreate*to illustrate your painting’s potential.
* Procreate is not necessarily used on every piece posted. Feedback received may be written or verbal only.
Often, very small changes can make BIG improvements.
ORIGINAL STUDENT WORK artist: Gabi Hirth
“Gabi, great figure and the composition is basically working. With a bit more color intensity we can really get a nice sense of sunlight on this figure and surroundings. Here I simply increase the color intensity in some areas to really bring out the light and shadow. I also define just a few more edges to help guide our eye around the canvas.”
Melinda’s “RE-MARKS” Using Procreate
ORIGINAL STUDENT WORK artist: Carol Bucknell
“I like these overlapping figures Carol. I would separate their legs which is easy cuz I actually think blue lady’s’ legs are in a different spot. I would also give more interest to their dresses. maybe some stripes or some kind of pattern and possibly more colors”
Melinda’s “RE-MARKS” Using Procreate
ORIGINAL STUDENT WORK artist: Kathi Scarminach
“Hi Kathi, I like this painting! I like how you divided the shapes and your composition. Nice work here! The monochromatic color scheme is working well. I think you could bring a bit more blue variations into it as I show below. I also like the idea of flattening her top left into that back wall. See what you think. Very intriguing work. Keep those wonky lines Kathi! They make the painting!”
Melinda’s “RE-MARKS” Using Procreate
And when the painting is working well, find out WHY…
ORIGINAL STUDENT WORK artist: Elise Erasmus
“Nice work here Elise. Love the color palette. I also like the way the blue runs through the painting background, pants, and foreground. This is tying the dark values together and creating a nice balance and eye movement. You more or less centered the figure which can be challenging compositionally but you have pulled it off by that red to create some nice asymmetry as well as the values I mentioned above. Lots of great paint interest in the surrounding areas as well. Well done!”
ORIGINAL STUDENT WORK artist: Lynn Harris Morgan
“Very well done Lynn! Her legs looks fine to me in the photo (could be different color in person). Your composition is working because of the light vertical line work to the right that is balancing the heavy dark on the left. It is just barely balancing it, however it is working. Partially because of it just barely working, it creates a good tension between the left and right sides of the painting. Great figure too—frame it!”
TESTIMONIALS
THE REVIEWS ARE COMING IN!
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THE REVIEWS ARE COMING IN! ~~
“Melinda Cootsona what you offer an artist is unique and so needed! Community, excellence, coaching, encouragement and truth! THANK YOU!!! I’ve heard it said “art changes the atmosphere” and experiencing this class and everyone’s beautiful work—I find that quote to be so true!!”
“Thank you Melinda Cootsona for offering this wonderful opportunity. I have found your comments so helpful. Not only did I learn from the critiques you offered on my work, but just as valuable was reading the critiques on my classmates work.”
“Melinda Cootsona thanks once again for creating another wonderful class and another opportunity to learn from your incredible knowledge. Your insightful feedback always pushes me forward. So grateful!! ”
WHAT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT WORKING WITH MELINDA
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WHAT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT WORKING WITH MELINDA ~~
“Many thanks for your generosity, sensitivity with gentle nudges and most of all inspiration. You are a marvelous artist, wonderful teacher and I really appreciate you being a part of my art.”
“I am so grateful for what you have taught and we are accomplishing in this class — you are such a supportive artist and insightful critic!”
“Thank you for so openly sharing techniques, materials, tools and process... Again, you have managed to ignite a new passion in me.”