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Is it worth joining online lists of 'art tutors'
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These lists offer a convenient way to find skilled instructors and expand artistic skills. Joining such platforms provides access to diverse teaching styles and expertise, enhancing the learning experience. For a broader exploration of art history and related topics, https://studymoose.com/free-essays/art-history serves as a valuable resource. Just as online tutor lists contribute to skill development, platforms offer insights into various aspects of art, fostering a comprehensive understanding of the subject.
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Some probably do sign up to such a list, but I doubt that many look for a tutor this way; you might wait rather a long time for anyone to come seeking your services. However, if there were a site with provenance, some history, record of success - Heather mentions the Martin Kinnear school in Norfolk - it could do well though would take time to establish.
Much as many of us hate it, Facebook and Instagram might be ways into this market; and possibly Bluesky, in time - when people actually start using it. If you want to set yourself up as a tutor, a good start would be to get as much of your own work seen as possible - the better it is, the more people want to emulate it, the greater your chance of their asking you for tuition. Not everyone who can paint is good at teaching - anyway, this is replying more to a two year old post than to the recent one, and to come to the point: I'm not aware of a list of tutors which I could recommend without reservation - maybe if you have a University of the Third Age, Workers Educational Association, technical college part time courses, or similar resources within reach, or a local arts centre - often including people who have been taught, or want to teach - that's where I'd start looking.
Frankly, though: I think I'd rather go to YouTube than entrust myself, if I were starting out, to some of the painters I know! A lot of them learned what they think they know many years ago, and have never moved on with the latest knowledge. If you do look at YouTube, I recommend a) subscribing to it, so that you're not plagued by pop-up adverts, b) choosing a sound tutor, like Chris Fornatero trading as Paint Coach, or Andrew Tischler - there are several others who promote sound technique; there are others who are the definition of "to be avoided like McWhirter's disease", which involves staying away from McWhirter; e.g. Bob Ross and his look-alike clones. You can always ask here if you find an online tutor you're not sure about - I've encountered most of them, one way or another, as an insatiable haunter of artists' websites and YouTube offerings.
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Do you think you’re being taken for a ride on this one? Hope I’m wrong.Hi Tessa. Would you be able to clarify please. Is this in reference to the original question, or the more recent resurrections to the post? I feel that the Ronald Mundy post and the one before that (Scott Keene), are AI generated, so I'm unsure if that's the reference. Thanks Tessa.
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Gerry, I certainly wasn’t referring to your original comment which I see I responded to at the time. I meant the recent one from Ronald Mundy. I’m always suspicious of a new poster who picks up briefly on an older thread, and then doesn’t respond to anything after that. The post from Scott Keane was just an embedded advertising link.
Out of interest did you have any success with tutoring lists?
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Out of interest did you have any success with tutoring lists?Thank you for the response Tessa. I tentatively added myself to a few 'lists', and had a couple of enquiries in the early days. I also didn't pursue many others, as my initial needs became less-so, and that avenue took a back seat. It may be something I pick up again in the future, as there is definite potential out there.
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Tessa - yes, and that obviously occurred to the moderator who removed the suspicious post (not I - I'm a trusting sort: except, when an old post is disinterred, immediate suspicion of AI occurs - I found the original post, to which I'd not responded at the time, sufficiently interesting to comment, even so: plus - I was probably bored at the time, and you know what that does to release the word-flow in, er, some of us!).
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