Art Mentoring
Journey to the spirit and soul of your art + business
with a mentor who offers their process, their wisdom, and their calm.
You're following the path towards your own art essence, daydreaming of bringing your unique style, brand and offerings into the world. Whether you are still finding, defining and listening inwards for your quintessential expression to land, or you're preparing to take the leap of faith into releasing art collections, licensing your work or feeling out how your art could support you, mentoring with someone who has first hand experience, tools, know-how and her own thriving art business can be invaluable.
Meet your mentor,
Stephanie Ryan
WATERCOLOR ARTIST, LICENSING, EDUCATION + PRODUCTS
Playful. Exploratory. Insightful.
I have spent my career creating art that touches the heart and inspires the creative spirit. My soothing, soulful, intuitive paintings are inspired by nature and the feelings that bind me to it, creating an introspective mood that connects my viewers with my art. And now I'm inviting you into this relational, mentorship experience where we can interact and I can share my personal business, process and knowledge of the field with you.
Through my art licensing, I've been partnered with leaders in their product categories to offer beautiful, high-quality consumer products. These licensing partners benefit from my eye for color and pattern, awareness of trends, and extensive experience in product development.
The results of these collaborations are a wide array of very successful products in categories ranging from greeting cards to tabletop that are loved by retailers and consumers. My licensing programs have earned over a million dollars in royalties and I'd love to help you navigate through all parts of the journey towards this exciting industry.
As a mentor...
I bring my nurturing, calming and encouraging energy to our sessions, so I can help you move through our process in a peaceful (and playful) way! I have been creating art for as long as I can remember and even started writing during a particularly challenging time in my life.
Through that experience, I was able to find a new appreciation for life and a profound calling to create art and words that inspire, encourage, and comfort others. I have honed my ability to translate beautiful imagery and words into appealing consumer products that can be found at leading retailers and gift stores around the world.
It is my history with art, merged with my first-hand experience growing a livelihood around it, that makes me excited to guide you to find your own path forward, with your intuitive art as the foundation.
Keep scrolling for options on how you can mentor with me!
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You're ready to be supported in :
- Increasing your painting skills
- Developing your art style
- Freeing yourself of perfectionism
- Allowing your intuition to lead your art process.
- Creating a brand that is cohesive, heart-centered, and feels like you
- Creating art collections for Licensing
- Making art that feels loose, expressive, and inspired
- Need help with the direction of your art and business
- Developing your social media presence
- Getting to the heart of your passion
- Art licensing guidance and advice
- Just want someone to walk with you on your art journey, with support, and guidance
Testimonial
You will learn things about yourself and your art that you never thought about before.
I desired art mentoring because I was thinking about developing my love of watercolor painting into an art business. I loved that Stephanie's painting style is so loose and messy and soft and I wanted to understand more about how she developed her style and how she evolved it into a business. And wow, I feel like we accomplished a tremendous amount in the couple of months we worked together. One of my main goals was to learn about the art licensing industry from Stephanie and I feel like I got such a valuable insider perspective from her. She shared very openly with me about the benefits and challenges of working in that industry and was so generous with her knowledge.
Stephanie was there all the time supporting me to just let go of my ultimate goals and have fun with my art. This was very important for me and opened me up to find a kind of freedom with painting that I hadn't experienced before. I also learned that not all pathways will be right for me, but that it's still incredibly valuable to walk down them anyways, because now I have the understanding of why they weren't right for me and I am at peace. Even though I ultimately decided to not pursue an art business, I am so grateful to have learned that art making is a valuable pursuit because of the way it allows my creativity to be expressed and me to feel fulfilled.
– RACHEL AMATO.
Simply a fun little meet up to pick my brain on topics that you're looking for further conversation and expertise around.
In this 30 minute call, you're invited to ask me all your burning questions about watercolor, creating an art business, breaking into licensing, furthering your creations or deepening into your energetic and intuitive painting flow.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE:
- 30-minute Zoom Call
- Pick my brain
- Review + feedback
- Quick wisdom + advice
- Copy of the recording
$75
BOOK HERE
This 90 minute private session is a place for us to dive into your most current desires around your art practice & development, workflow, design aspirations, licensing curiosities or branding creation.
Of course, you may simply decide to use this time to have an in-depth, one to one art lesson with me to meet you right where you are and guide you into the next advancement of your skills.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE:
- 90 minute Zoom Call
- Option to use for a private painting or art lesson
- Business & branding guidance
- Copy of the recording
$225
BOOK HERE
This 3 month mentorship is about you being supported to get to the spirit of your intuitive artwork, while also getting to the heart of your service. It's here we will develop your unique style, clarify what you want from your art business, flush out your brand and art vision, walk through the emotional "stuff" that comes up, map out the next steps, fill in the gaps of your skills and get to the nitty gritty of what path your intuition is nudging you to take.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE:
- 3 Months of support
- 1 x 90 minute discovery call
- 6 x 90 minute mentoring sessions
- My deepest support attention
- Copy of recordings
