Leslie

5 (6 reviews)

Rate $71
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Number of students Leslie has accompanied since arriving at Superprof
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Number of students Leslie has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

5 (6 reviews)

$71/h

Experienced tutor in Drawing in Santa Ana, Leslie offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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About Leslie

I have a BA in fine art and an MA in art history. I have forty years of experience as a portrait and silhouette artist, and have worked in seven different amusement parks, including four years at Tokyo Disneyland in Japan. I can be found cutting silhouettes every summer in Crafters Village at the OC Fair, and every winter at the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach. I also have considerable teaching experience. I have substitute taught everything from special ed to high school, I was an adjunct professor of art history for five years, and I was the portrait trainer for all the SoCal amusement parks for many years.

My work makes people very happy and hangs in thousands of homes. At the OC Fair at least a third of my customers are regulars who come back every year to get a new silhouette of their child done. They often send me photos of all the silhouettes hanging in a row in their house. I've even had mothers cry when I show them the finished silhouette of their child because they are so overwhelmed! Lately I have been doing a lot of drawing, focusing on over-sized, photo-realistic portraits of animals. I love when people think it's a photograph and not a drawing!

It was an organic process, starting with training other portrait artists when I was in my early twenties.

I have a BA in fine art and an MA in art history. I have worked for Kaman's Art Shoppes (the largest theme park concessionaire in the country) on and off for over thirty years and trained all new portrait artists for many years. I have also worked as a substitute public school teacher on every level from kindergarten through high school, including special ed, and I am an adjunct art history professor. I also taught ESL in Japan for a year, in every classroom setting from private lessons to corporate classes at Isuzu.

About the lesson

it depends on the student. First I need to assess their skill level and their interests and then we'll design a plan that works for both of us.

All ages, all levels

Have specific goals of what you're trying to accomplish. Do you need help with a college class? Then know exactly what your assignments are and when they are due, and have the art supplies ready before your teacher arrives.

In December I had a booth at the Winter Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach, one of the premier arts festival in California. That year they had a big social media push that resulted in record-breaking attendance everyday and a really exciting atmosphere! The grounds are gorgeous, the clients are appreciative, the food and entertainment is really good, the weather was perfect (no rain!) and it's just a magical place to create art and look at art.

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This question is similar to the previous one. Think through what you want to get out of your lessons and be clear with the teacher. Are you interested in a challenging, long-term program to improve your skills, or do you want to have fun and have something pretty to hang on your wall? Either way is ok!

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Eugene

She is an amazing artist and a very attentive teacher with over 30 years of experience
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Eugene
She is an amazing artist and a very attentive teacher with over 30 years of experience
Kirstin

A master portrait artist with years of experience sharing her artist gift. Highly recommend!
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Kirstin
A master portrait artist with years of experience sharing her artist gift. Highly recommend!
Heather

Leslie is a knowledgable and skilled artist. She explains things clearly and takes the time to help students understand the process, improve any weaknesses, and expand on their strengths. She is also very personable and fun to work with.
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Heather
Leslie is a knowledgable and skilled artist. She explains things clearly and takes the time to help students understand the process, improve any weaknesses, and expand on their strengths. She is also very personable and fun to work with.
Scott

I had the most beautiful dog for about 5 years, and Leslie offered to do a silhouette of him. Of course I accepted. What I got completely floored me. I've known Leslie for about 4 years and all I knew was her amazing silhouette work, so when she handed me the most amazing color portrait of my dog, I just couldn't believe it. Like 'who did this?'

One month later, that beautiful dog died. That portrait became so much more important to me. It's hanging in my foyer of my house so I can see it constantly and anyone that enters my house can see it. She captured his personality, and I honestly don't know how people can do that. It flabbergasts me. I have a beautiful photograph blown up of him in my bedroom, but it isn't the same. There is something about fine art that can't compare to photography.

If my house was burning down, I would grab that portrait of my Brody first. A picture says a thousand words, they say. Well, a portrait says a thousand more.
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Scott
I had the most beautiful dog for about 5 years, and Leslie offered to do a silhouette of him. Of course I accepted. What I got completely floored me. I've known Leslie for about 4 years and all I knew was her amazing silhouette work, so when she handed me the most amazing color portrait of my dog, I just couldn't believe it. Like 'who did this?'

One month later, that beautiful dog died. That portrait became so much more important to me. It's hanging in my foyer of my house so I can see it constantly and anyone that enters my house can see it. She captured his personality, and I honestly don't know how people can do that. It flabbergasts me. I have a beautiful photograph blown up of him in my bedroom, but it isn't the same. There is something about fine art that can't compare to photography.

If my house was burning down, I would grab that portrait of my Brody first. A picture says a thousand words, they say. Well, a portrait says a thousand more.
Thomas

When I worked with her she really knew what she was doing and told me how to do things in a way that was clear and so that I could understand. She also know different types of art, not just one. She does portraits and cuts silhouettes, and she even knows how to sew. If you want to learn any of that, go to her
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Thomas
When I worked with her she really knew what she was doing and told me how to do things in a way that was clear and so that I could understand. She also know different types of art, not just one. She does portraits and cuts silhouettes, and she even knows how to sew. If you want to learn any of that, go to her
Cynthia

Her professional and positive attitude
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Cynthia
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