Art Coach

Studio time with a deadline that matters

Fundamentals, studies, sketches, finished work, and critique — Studio Sessions planned into a Project Cycle that ends at the show or the portfolio deadline.

For artists with a portfolio due, a show to hang, or a skill to rebuild — who want structure without someone else's curriculum.

Add a Coach: pick a discipline, a name, and a color

What Coach plans

  • Studio Sessions that balance fundamentals with finished pieces
  • Exercises by category: fundamentals, studies, sketches, finished work, critique
  • Critique sessions as run-throughs, rated 1–10 against your own bar
  • A Project Cycle that counts backward from the deadline to six finished pieces

What your phone records

  • Studio Logs with minutes per exercise
  • Ratings for critiques and finished-work reviews
  • Notes on what to change next time
  • A calendar that shows the studio days that happened and the ones that did not

Toward the date

Project Cycle: built back from the show or portfolio deadline

A show or a portfolio deadline sets the end of the Project Cycle; Coach spaces studies, finished pieces, and review so the last week is framing, not painting.

Every plan is a project cycle in your Art Coach's color, with its own reminders. Miss a day and the calendar says so — a fact, never a verdict.

In the catalog

Exercise categories: fundamentals, study, sketch, finished work, critique. Coach writes Studio Sessions around your medium and your deadline.

Say to your Art Coach

  • My portfolio is due March 1 — plan a Project Cycle to get six finished pieces
  • Add an art coach — figure drawing, twice a week
  • Pin a note: value studies before color this week
  • How many studio sessions did I get in this month?

In your Art Coach's words

A session you run

Studio Session

One item in it

Exercise

A sequence of sessions

Practice Plan

A plan with dates

Project Cycle

The record of what you did

Studio Log

Other Coaches:

Add a Art Coach

Create an account, connect Coach in your assistant, and say “Add a art coach.” The Art Coach shows up on Home in amber, ready to plan.