Mentor?

[Sonnyslayer]

what is a mentor? I\'ve heard many people talking about their painting mentors.???

 

[Modderrhu]

If someone is your inspiration, your tutor, your guide through painting, then they are a mentor. Some people erroneously use the term to describe their painting idols, people they\'ve never met, but are still inspiration.

Kinda like the relationship that Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell had at the beginning, he taught her and inspired her.

 

[supervike]

I\'m sure there is an official definition somewhere, but a mentor is basically a teacher, but a little more.

Someone that takes you under there wing and sets you on the right path sort of thing.

 

[Ritual]

Just pick any film with Sean Connery from the past 20 years. Sean\'s character in that film is very likely someone\'s mentor....

 

[Sonnyslayer]

I know what mentor means.. but i didnt understand what a painting mentor was..
so.. where can i get one?

 

[supervike]

not to be confused with...

thats totally a different ballgame....lol

 

[Ritual]

lol

Thanks, Vikey... I always seem to get the two mixed up... Quite inconvenient at times! :innocent:

 

[EricJ]

well, according to the commercials, the mentos might actually be MORE useful in painting.

I can see it, someone trying NMM for the first time, looking depressed, have a mentos, the song starts up, background singers, etc...and BAM! perfect nmm and a minty fresh smile

 

[airhead]

Originally posted by Sonnyslayer
I know what mentor means.. but i didnt understand what a painting mentor was..
so.. where can i get one?

Basicly, you ask. Find someone who\'s work you admire and you would like to have critique your work. Send them an IM.

 

[Itchy]

Well, Mentor\'s only his last name... Tor is his first.

ba-da-bump!lol

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by Itchy
Well, Mentor\'s only his last name... Tor is his first.

ba-da-bump!lol

OUCH!

If you are looking for a Mentor then one who lives in your region might be advantageous.
That way you could arrange a get together, perhaps with some other painters wanting to learn new techniques.

 

[Naukhel]

I don\'t have a mentor, per se.

Unless one can consider an entire community of painters to be a single entity.

In which case, all of CMON is my mentor.

I\'ve learned something from just about everyone that\'s responded to my pleas for help. And some people have, I hope, learned things from me.

Even if it\'s just that King Kong makes a brief and distant appearance in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow....

lol

 

[Sonnyslayer]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach

Originally posted by Itchy
Well, Mentor\'s only his last name... Tor is his first.

ba-da-bump!lol

OUCH!

If you are looking for a Mentor then one who lives in your region might be advantageous.
That way you could arrange a get together, perhaps with some other painters wanting to learn new techniques.

the only one living in my region is ritual. sebrushworth is movin to umeå i think..

 

[Dammekkos2]

I often bemoan the fact that I have no-one to teach me painting. I think it would really help to see a master at work.

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by Sonnyslayer

the only one living in my region is ritual. sebrushworth is movin to umeå i think..

Only??? That ain\'t exactly chopped liver, you know Ranked in the Top 100 here. A lot better than I\'ve got near me.

 

[supervike]

Originally posted by Naukhel

Even if it\'s just that King Kong makes a brief and distant appearance in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow....

HA! You are MY mentor Naukhel!!lol

 

[Mosch]

Orginal gepostet von Ritual
lol

Thanks, Vikey... I always seem to get the two mixed up... Quite inconvenient at times! :innocent:

Yeah, I remember the last time I sucked on my mentor. You know how hard it is to talk yourself out of that situation?

Seriously, ONLY Ritual? First of all, he\'s a great painter, second you\'ve got one painter more than me

 

[Sonnyslayer]

ok guys.. you got it all wrong.
ritual is a great painter. but ritual and sebrushworth is the only painters i know from this area. I would love to have ritual as my mentor..

 

[Itchy]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach

Originally posted by Itchy
Well, Mentor\'s only his last name... Tor is his first.

ba-da-bump!lol

OUCH!

If you are looking for a Mentor then one who lives in your region might be advantageous.
That way you could arrange a get together, perhaps with some other painters wanting to learn new techniques.

So you admite to helping me learn to paint! See...

 

[philologus]

If you were to judge by my skill level you would say Sherwin Williams is my mentor.