Student's reviews
 

"Mathieu offers a well-rounded mentorship that is tailored to theindividual student’s learning needs. He is knowledgeable in all areas,from technique and proper use of materials to promotion and selling.

 

Through his insightful critiques of my paintings, reviews of whatmakes master artists’ work compelling, guidance on technique,values, and composition, encouragement to create more unique,impactful artworks, and tips for pitching to galleries, I feel I have takena big leap forward as an artist. His continued guidance is animmeasurable help and I am most grateful to have him as my mentor."

 

Lynn Wright
 

"As a self-taught hobby watercolorist, I have become Mathieu's studentwith the fuzzy idea of improving my painting skills. Surely, there are nosilver bullets or magic pills in arts, but still, following his classes had apretty strong effect! :) :)

Besides being a very pleasant company, Mathieu is extremelyprofessional. His courses are very well prepared, and most importantly,always tailored to my needs (needs I am not even aware of!).

 

He gives structure and logic to things that were initially only gutfeelings for me. He demonstrates difficult theoretical concepts bymodifying digitally my own paintings, facilitating my understandingand increasing my capacity to act appropriately on my future artworks.

 

With his guidance, and obviously a lot of personal work :), I was able toquickly step-up my painting qualities across many modalities (colours,values, composition, etc.)."

 

Louis-Solal Giboin
 

"Each of the courses provided by Mathieu turned out to be anenriching experience from which I came out motivated and inspired.

 

He knows how to be available and to be benevolent while subtlystimulating the desire to progress. His approach is based on a formulathat skilfully combines pedagogy, humor and professional rigor whenhe sheds light on the choice of material, technique, composition,or the pangs of starting an artistic career...

 

Although his clothing tastes are subject to caution, I have a fullconfidence in his qualities as an artist and teacher."

 

Laure Chollet
 

"Mathieu is an outstanding teacher, extremely nice and attentive tothe students. We learned a lot about painting techniques, glazes andmore as well as the techniques from the old masters. I have fondmemories of the lessons we had together, which have allowed me toprogress very quickly."

 

Sylvie Pierre
 

"I highly recommend Mathieu’s workshops. He is a great teacher andexplains complex concepts in a fun and simple way. He makes it veryeasy to see the connection between theory and practice. You will seeimprovement in your paintings very quickly and you will learn a lotabout art in general. I can’t recommend his classes enough!"

 

Anna Goutorbe

 

 

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"I have been taking painting classes as a hobby for four years.
I had the chance to attend Mathieu Nozière’s painting classes during this special year of COVID, both in person and remotely.

Thanks to his teaching approach, Mathieu helped me overcome several important milestones this year, and my work has significantly improved.

He finally made me understand and master fundamental concepts very clearly, using demonstrations and precise explanations. These include values, light, saturation, and choosing the right subject to paint. These were elements I had been taught before, but they remained unclear in my mind. He made everything very explicit and simple.

He is an excellent teacher, and his classes and workshops are extremely well-structured:

Clear and precise descriptions and explanations
Examples and numerous references from both classical and modern painting
Practical workshops and exercises during the courses, allowing for rapid progress
A highly effective remote learning setup (during COVID), with videos, live corrections on submitted artworks via photos, etc.
References to interesting videos (YouTube, etc.) for specific technical aspects

I therefore highly recommend attending one of his classes to anyone who wants to improve their technical skills.
His workshops on black and white or light are truly foundational, and they work very well remotely, thanks to his well-organized technical setup.
Since he is also very friendly, the classes take place in a great atmosphere."

Stephane Brefort