Teaching

I started taking art lessons from Shannon Merrigan in December of 2020. The lessons were a gift from my family. I was able to draw but it wasn’t very good. Shannon is an excellent teacher. Through her teaching My drawing and painting increased 100 percent . I would highly recommend her as a teacher. I intend to continue lessons with her . She is an excellent instructor.

Shannon is an amazing art teacher! She is patient and generous with her time, and carefully explains the process
as we work on our compositions. As an older beginning art student, I found it particularly helpful that she would
demonstrate the individual steps of creating each piece. I was pleased to see how well our compositions came
together in the end. She helped me to build confidence and feel successful in learning a new skill. She also
introduced and shared the history of several famous painters, and we learned their techniques of creating images
using acrylics. I have enjoyed her watercolor and oil pastel landscape classes as well. Her online teaching platform
was particularly helpful to me during the pandemic. I liked the fact that I could learn a new skill right from home
with teacher/student interaction and the ability to ask questions and share with other students!
I strongly recommend Shannon’s classes to anyone interested in learning more about art!

I love my virtual art classes with Shannon!. We learn art theory with technique from the work of influential artists as we develop our styles and explore painting out of our comfort zone. My painting skills have grown significantly over the past two years.