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Private “One on One” Zoom Mentorship 60 minute sessions.
Join professional artist Valerie Allen on Zoom for a personalized, bi-weekly mentorship program designed to elevate your artistic practice. Each one-hour private session offers in-depth, constructive critiques of your current artwork, along with thoughtful discussion about your studio habits, creative process, and artistic goals. You pick the day of the week and time convenient for your schedule. These are bi-weekly sessions.
Across sixty minutes, Valerie guides you in strengthening essential art fundamentals—including composition, color, and concept—while helping you uncover and refine your unique artistic voice. Beyond skill development, you’ll also receive support in best practices for art promotion, empowering you to confidently present and share your work.
This mentorship is tailored to the individual artist. Whether you need feedback on new pieces, direction in your studio practice, clarity in your creative vision, or guidance on navigating the professional art world, you are encouraged to bring your personal goals and challenges to each session.
The mentorship package includes 4 one-hour private Zoom sessions, each priced at $75.00, for a total investment of $300.00. (you can resubscribe to keep the momentum going.) . Click Here to Register
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Email Valerie at valerieallen@outlook.com for more information and schedule the dates for your four sessions every two weeks
Four-Week Advanced Studio Immersive: Developing Voice & Cohesion Starting May 20, 2026
In-Studio Immersive Experience – Continuation Series
Building on the foundation of exploration and experimentation, this advanced four-week mentorship is designed for artists ready to deepen their practice, clarify their visual language, and begin shaping a cohesive body of work. You will complete 4 finished paintings and multiple sketches.
Held in Valerie Allen’s studio environment, this next-level experience challenges you to move beyond discovery into intentional creation—where ideas are refined, risks are elevated, and your artistic voice becomes more defined.
Throughout this program, you will:
Develop a cohesive series of acrylic work rooted in your evolving concepts
Strengthen your individual visual language and artistic voice
Experiment in new techniques with acrylic fine art materials
Engage in critical dialogue and advanced critique practices
Explore editing, sequencing, and presentation of artwork
Push your materials and processes with more intentional decision-making
Build confidence in articulating your work verbally
Structure & Details
4 weekly sessions, 3 hours each
Wednesdays 1:00 pm – 4:00pm May 20, May 27, June 3, and June 10, 2026
In-person, Valerie Allen’s studio
Small group format for individualized mentorship
Held in a “down and dirty” working studio environment —come prepared to work
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Email Valerie at valerieallen@outlook.com.