Testimonials about James Swanson's Teaching

Lu Wilde, UK

James Swanson is in my opinion the world’s best water dog painter! He is also a very supportive and encouraging painting teacher and shares all his knowledge and painting tips with plenty of humour. The best online paint classes I have ever taken and can’t wait to join one of the painting holidays too!

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Kimberly Hirschman, VA

James Swanson has helped me understand how to paint with a limited palette and how to mix colours and layer them to add depth and vibrancy to my paintings. His online classes are effective, encouraging and structured to give you those skills.

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Glenda L. Earnest, KY

From start to finish he offers an easy effective way of painting allowing our styles to shine. He teaches his signature palette and simple strokes adding confidence that we’ll get professional results.

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Jane Crise, PA

James Swanson is a master teacher/painter with an amazing eye for observation and an easy going, caring way of teaching. His classes have given me a new way of seeing ordinary things that I was never conscious of before...

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Kathleen Castillo, WI

James Swanson is a mix of extraordinary talent ,generous teaching style with method to his madness mixing paint! Throw in a dash of humor and a honest but kind critique and what you have is the best art instructor I have met in my 72 yrs!

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Margaret Walsh, CAN

James is an excellent teacher, his classes helped me to take my work to an other level. I gained confidence in exploring new techniques. I learned to see the subject in a different way which makes it easier to reproduce it.

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Anne Marie Pintore, IL

Jim is a fantastic teacher - very open about sharing his talent - I look forward to working with him again!