Lindsay EllerMount Holly, VTCreative Arts Mentor
I have a BA in Studio Art, with an emphasis in Drawing and Painting. I work as a professional mixed media artist under the name, Linden Eller.
As an educator, I have experience teaching a wide range of ages, from early childhood to adults. I taught as a full time preschool and kindergarten teacher in Japan from 2017 - 2018, and taught remotely for Bilin Academy, which primarily works with children in China integrating immersive English lessons with drawing. Most recently, from 2020-2023, I worked for a small art studio in Manhattan, teaching online kids, teens, and adults in drawing, painting, and mixed media. I wrote highly engaging curriculum, including social emotional learning components, art history aspects, specific art techniques and principles, and step by step projects.
I now work independently as a teaching artist.
I am fiercely passionate about promoting creativity, and am always seeking out meaningful ways to pass on my knowledge and skills. My teaching philosophy is toI offer to my students armfuls of techniques, warmth, honest feedback, and an invitation to fully embrace the benefits of the creative process. I can guide students in a wide spectrum of mediums and styles, included drawing, realism, impressionism, illustration (including Procreate), and painting in acrylics and watercolors. However, my speciality and passion is in collage, mixed media, art journaling, intuitive painting, and abstraction. Alongside technical goals, I consider teaching similar to a mentorship, helping students to develop their own visual language and move through the hurdles that appear in the creative process, giving one confidence and inspiration.
