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Classes and Private Tutoring!
Traditional media (oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, colored pencil, etc.)
I teach people who have never done art before, through advanced artists!
Contact me if you want to join my classes at Chelsea Art Center, 3305 E Silver Springs Blvd. Ocala, FL 34470 // Ph: (352) 804-1272 // OR Register on chelseaartcenter.com
or ask about signing up for private tutoring sessions, or ask about possibilities of enlisting me for your small group, or if you just have a question or two!
e-mail: mcurry451@gmail.com, or phone (text) 269-599-6774
REVIEWS! REVIEWS! REVIEWS!
“She really knows what she’s doing and how to teach you what to do, and how to do it. I’ve been an artist for many years, but I’m self-taught. I’ve always painted by intuition, not really knowing what I was doing or why I was doing it…it just FELT right. I left painting for many years and I’ve forgotten a lot. I needed someone to teach me, that I felt was as good as, or better than me, and I searched for YEARS to find that teacher. I’m very pleased with the direction she is taking me, and I am very confident that Michelle is someone who can teach me, not only how to improve my oils, but how to paint in watercolor as well. I don’t think I could have found a better tutor."
-Jan
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“Michelle is amazingly talented as both painter and instructor. I advise her to anyone." -Arlene
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I learned drawing from Michelle through taking a class. Excellent! Nobody does it better!
-Gene
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“I first met Michelle when I started her Beginning Watercolor course during my Sophomore year of High School. I fell in love with her kind demeanor and passion for teaching, so I continued to take several of her classes throughout High School. During this time, she taught me techniques other art teachers had not shown me before, and she stretched me beyond my comfort zone to show me I was capable of so much more than what I had originally believed. Unfortunately, I am no longer able to attend her classes because I moved…but the experience from her teaching has been helping me excel in my current art classes and projects after graduating High School. I am deeply thankful for my time with Michelle, and I cannot recommend her classes strongly enough."
-Lynn
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“I grew as an oil painter, and moved into pastel painting attending her classes for some years at my local art center, then later in classes held in her Atelier (Art Studio)…"
-Tim
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“Michelle is all about helping you to explore your own style and creativity. She doesn’t teach you to paint like her, or copy a style. She teaches real art skills, and helps you to discover your own voice…"
-Makayla
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“So talented and a truly kind person." -Reva
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“Being tutored by Michelle has become very therapeutic for me. She has been such an encouragement to me, not only for art…"
-Pat
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“I have actually begun to see my world in a whole new way as a result of attending your classes! It has made a big impact in my life!" -Jean
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“Truly a Master Teacher, as well as a Master Artist…"
-Amelia
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“During this past summer, I took a Watercolor Painting class… Michelle is quite an accomplished artist, and excels at many different types of art, including Watercolor.
The class met once a week for 10 weeks, and in that time, I had quite a positive experience with Michelle. I was the only student in the class, so I got a lot of individualized attention.
She began each class with a demonstration of a Watercolor technique, and often, she had an online tutorial set up to go along with it. She would demonstrate, then let me try my hand at it. She was very organized, and had things planned ahead for each of our sessions, often telling me a week in advance what we would be doing during the upcoming week.
I would highly recommend Michelle for teaching art. She has a great teaching style in which she gives clear, concise instructions, and elaborates on them as necessary. She welcomes questions of any sort, and does her best to answer them as completely as possible. She is eager to share her knowledge of fine art, and works tirelessly to make art a positive experience for her students.” -Anne