​1:1 Mentoring

​I offer 1:1 mentoring over  Zoom. 
These sessions are for those who either have a creative practice, are wanting to start one up, or have a particular project in mind and would like some accountability. Having scheduled check ins can create momentum and foster confidence.

This can work well as monthly conversations, or sometimes a one off session is all you need.

Together we will discuss your work and ways to take it forward. This can either a one off, sporadic, or an ongoing monthly conversation about your work; how to push through fear and overwhelm, how to work towards your goals and even how to create goals. At the end of a session, we will agree on work you would like to complete over the following  month before we meet again, which will then be discussed in the following session. Sometimes our meetings will take the form of a 'Crit'; looking at all of the  work you have made and finding threads and themes within it and sometimes we will focus just on work made in the month (s) before.

I have found that my role as a mentor is to help unearth what is already there and to help alleviate the fear that can accompany the making of creative work.
​Often a large part of our work together  is to dig through the self doubt to the inner knowing and understanding that is already there. 

Mentees have found this 1:1 experience to be very helpful for their practice.
​
A bit about my background:
  • I have been teaching art for 15 years and completed my teaching qualification (PGCE) in 2014. I have worked with all ages and abilities, including after school art clubs; at Art Foundation, BA and  MA level and running creativity workshops for businesses.
  • I currently teach regularly for the Royal Drawing School in London, where I attained my Masters  in Drawing in 2006.
  • As a teacher, I have always felt my role to be more that of a facilitator; supporting people to follow their own intuitive nudges, rather  than looking to an outside authority. To give themselves permission to create what is wanting to emerge and blossom.
  • I am a trained life coach and work in an organic and intuitive way, responding to the needs of the individual. 


Cost: £120 for a one hour session.
nb. This cost includes the additional time of my looking at work and questions you submit before our session and writing up and sending you the notes from our session afterwards. 


If you are interested in mentoring, please email me on [email protected] or through the form below. 


'My mentorship sessions with Perienne helped me get back on track after my creative output had slowed considerably. Together we set achievable goals to be completed before the next meeting and somehow she gently smoothed out my crumpled psyche and got me back to my optimum productive self. I highly recommend her sessions for other artists to give you a boost when you are weary of working by yourself and beginning to loose momentum/hope/confidence.' Melissa, artist and illustrator: http://goradiate.ie/
​(image by Melissa!)

​'I really want to thank you so much for all you have given over the past year I have heard so many people rightly appreciate your teaching qualities on the various courses I have attended. For me, the mentoring has really given me the confidence to complete work and to begin to think of how I can connect with the world through it. Joanna Macey has a lovely phrase “ believing mirror”. You have been a very clear, present, authentic and gifted door opener, a believing mirror - but also a window opener, showing me the view. Your own belief in your work and imagination (or so it seems from the outside) and the power of your work, which seems to me to have a spiritual and visionary strength to it, alongside its beauty, also charges the quietness of your voice and the sensitivity of how you see and what you say. I hear it all seeing your work behind you. I just wanted to name how much of a difference it has made to me and to my working practice. I am very grateful. Thank you!'  Alana, Artist, London 
​

I had five one to one sessions with Perienne and found her to be an exceptionally skilled and sensitive mentor. She gave insightful feedback on whatever I presented her with, bringing her full attention and knowledge to each piece I showed. Just knowing that I would be sharing my work with her at the end of a few weeks motivated me to keep on making. She gave me practical ideas for techniques to try out, gently questioned some  of my artistic decisions, and often found value in works that I had rejected. She allowed me to explore the more spiritual aspects of my work so that I felt much more confident about following my own vision. She gently questioned me about future directions, encouraged me to put my work out into the world, and discussed ways of doing so. We achieved so much in such a short time, thank you Perienne! Caroline, Artist, Devon
​

 'I first met Perienne at the Royal Drawing School, where she was one of my tutors during a ten week intensive. My sessions with her were the most memorable - I remember at the end of those long days smiling as I rolled up my drawings, images that were unexpected yet connected to my own imagination and voice. Like a memory I had forgotten. Her advice always seemed to resonate, because it was less prescriptive and more supportive, encouraging me to trust my instincts.
She gave me permission to experiment, to fail and most importantly to celebrate my successes without codifying them into a recipe.
The intensive made me realise art-making was very important to me, and so when it was over I tried to keep up a studio practice back home in the US. But after a couple of months I realised I was going in circles, failing to recreate that imaginative, productive space. I contacted Perienne for help, not really sure what it was I looking for.
That was four months ago, since then we've chatted each week via Skype.
​Despite our geographical distance, these virtual conversations feel very real, as if she's visiting my studio each week to take a look at what I've been up to. Having another person that is engaged with what I'm doing, asking questions, making suggestions has helped me stay accountable, set short-term goals, be patient and persistent. I feel like I'm finally making the transition towards more personal, independent work, finding my own themes and ways of working. She's helped me establish a deeper studio practice.' 
Kasem Kharsa, Artist, Texas, USA   www.kasemkharsa.com
​

    If you are interested in 1:1 mentoring, please get in touch using the form below, many thanks! 

​1:1 Mentoring

​I offer 1:1 mentoring over  Zoom. 
These sessions are for those who either have a creative practice, are wanting to start one up, or have a particular project in mind and would like some accountability. Having scheduled check ins can create momentum and foster confidence.

This can work well as monthly conversations, or sometimes a one off session is all you need.

Together we will discuss your work and ways to take it forward. This can either a one off, sporadic, or an ongoing monthly conversation about your work; how to push through fear and overwhelm, how to work towards your goals and even how to create goals. At the end of a session, we will agree on work you would like to complete over the following  month before we meet again, which will then be discussed in the following session. Sometimes our meetings will take the form of a 'Crit'; looking at all of the  work you have made and finding threads and themes within it and sometimes we will focus just on work made in the month (s) before.

I have found that my role as a mentor is to help unearth what is already there and to help alleviate the fear that can accompany the making of creative work.
​Often a large part of our work together  is to dig through the self doubt to the inner knowing and understanding that is already there. 

Mentees have found this 1:1 experience to be very helpful for their practice.
​
A bit about my background:
  • I have been teaching art for 15 years and completed my teaching qualification (PGCE) in 2014. I have worked with all ages and abilities, including after school art clubs; at Art Foundation, BA and  MA level and running creativity workshops for businesses.
  • I currently teach regularly for the Royal Drawing School in London, where I attained my Masters  in Drawing in 2006.
  • As a teacher, I have always felt my role to be more that of a facilitator; supporting people to follow their own intuitive nudges, rather  than looking to an outside authority. To give themselves permission to create what is wanting to emerge and blossom.
  • I am a trained life coach and work in an organic and intuitive way, responding to the needs of the individual. 


Cost: £120 for a one hour session.
nb. This cost includes the additional time of my looking at work and questions you submit before our session and writing up and sending you the notes from our session afterwards. 


If you are interested in mentoring, please email me on [email protected] or through the form below. 


'My mentorship sessions with Perienne helped me get back on track after my creative output had slowed considerably. Together we set achievable goals to be completed before the next meeting and somehow she gently smoothed out my crumpled psyche and got me back to my optimum productive self. I highly recommend her sessions for other artists to give you a boost when you are weary of working by yourself and beginning to loose momentum/hope/confidence.' Melissa, artist and illustrator: http://goradiate.ie/
​(image by Melissa!)

​'I really want to thank you so much for all you have given over the past year I have heard so many people rightly appreciate your teaching qualities on the various courses I have attended. For me, the mentoring has really given me the confidence to complete work and to begin to think of how I can connect with the world through it. Joanna Macey has a lovely phrase “ believing mirror”. You have been a very clear, present, authentic and gifted door opener, a believing mirror - but also a window opener, showing me the view. Your own belief in your work and imagination (or so it seems from the outside) and the power of your work, which seems to me to have a spiritual and visionary strength to it, alongside its beauty, also charges the quietness of your voice and the sensitivity of how you see and what you say. I hear it all seeing your work behind you. I just wanted to name how much of a difference it has made to me and to my working practice. I am very grateful. Thank you!'  Alana, Artist, London 
​

I had five one to one sessions with Perienne and found her to be an exceptionally skilled and sensitive mentor. She gave insightful feedback on whatever I presented her with, bringing her full attention and knowledge to each piece I showed. Just knowing that I would be sharing my work with her at the end of a few weeks motivated me to keep on making. She gave me practical ideas for techniques to try out, gently questioned some  of my artistic decisions, and often found value in works that I had rejected. She allowed me to explore the more spiritual aspects of my work so that I felt much more confident about following my own vision. She gently questioned me about future directions, encouraged me to put my work out into the world, and discussed ways of doing so. We achieved so much in such a short time, thank you Perienne! Caroline, Artist, Devon
​

 'I first met Perienne at the Royal Drawing School, where she was one of my tutors during a ten week intensive. My sessions with her were the most memorable - I remember at the end of those long days smiling as I rolled up my drawings, images that were unexpected yet connected to my own imagination and voice. Like a memory I had forgotten. Her advice always seemed to resonate, because it was less prescriptive and more supportive, encouraging me to trust my instincts.
She gave me permission to experiment, to fail and most importantly to celebrate my successes without codifying them into a recipe.
The intensive made me realise art-making was very important to me, and so when it was over I tried to keep up a studio practice back home in the US. But after a couple of months I realised I was going in circles, failing to recreate that imaginative, productive space. I contacted Perienne for help, not really sure what it was I looking for.
That was four months ago, since then we've chatted each week via Skype.
​Despite our geographical distance, these virtual conversations feel very real, as if she's visiting my studio each week to take a look at what I've been up to. Having another person that is engaged with what I'm doing, asking questions, making suggestions has helped me stay accountable, set short-term goals, be patient and persistent. I feel like I'm finally making the transition towards more personal, independent work, finding my own themes and ways of working. She's helped me establish a deeper studio practice.' 
Kasem Kharsa, Artist, Texas, USA   www.kasemkharsa.com
​

    If you are interested in 1:1 mentoring, please get in touch using the form below, many thanks! 

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