With time shared at the table.
With looking long enough for the image to soften into focus.
Early sessions are unhurried.
We place a few things down, then let them sit. Attention learns where to rest. Decisions start to feel less like effort and more like recognition.
The work here isn’t about style or speed.
It’s about learning how judgment forms, how structure holds, and how to stay with a practice without forcing it forward.
What develops is not a signature look, but a way of working that feels steady, personal, and returnable.
These works were made one session apart.
What shifts first is not technique, but confidence. Forms begin to settle into space. Color starts to support rather than announce itself. The image breathes more easily. Nothing is overexplained. Nothing is chased.
What changed was not ambition, but orientation—learning when to act, and when to let the painting carry itself.
These works developed over three sessions.
The emphasis was not correctness, but comfort. Shapes were introduced gently, then allowed to organize on their own. Color was treated as something to explore rather than control.
What emerges is a sense of play that still holds structure, and confidence that isn’t rushed into being impressive.
Here, learning feels natural. Curious. Like finding something that was already there.
Mentorship can take many shapes.
A single session.
A short unfolding.
A longer period of shared attention.
If this feels like a way you’d want to work,
you’re welcome to write to
cbrandon8898@gmail.com
We can take it from there.