Watercolor for Relaxation

EnjoyingArt is an artist community with its primary focus on teaching art through the Internet and local classes, for beginners and all levels.

As a member, you will access to the dedicated Learning Center with more than a thousand of Yong's full learning videos with references. The Learning Center includes these libraries for easy to use: Drawing Basics, Drawing After Basics, Drawing Landscape, Watercolor Basics, Watercolor Objects, Watercolor Flowers, Watercolor Animals, Watercolor Landscape, Portrait Drawing, Watercolor People, Perspectives, Digital Art, 5 libraries for opaque painting, plus more... You can learn on your own pace.

There are monthly challenges and live lessons for members through the month, to answer your questions, and give feedback. Click here to learn more >

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Member Testimonials

My name is Vicki Littell. I am Australian living in Orlando, Florida. I have been part of Yong Chen’s community since 2017. I found Yong Chen on YouTube and decided that I would like to try to work closer with him.

My goal has always been to be a watercolorist. It has been my fascination since I was a child. I retired two years ago, and since that time, I have put all of my focus and energy into developing my skills. So, other than Yong Chen, I am totally self-taught. Just with a love or art and a desire to want to learn...

I really have enjoyed sharing my art with other members. A very safe place in a very private group. We help each other along and critique each other’s work. As I said – a safe place to share and to grow.

My name is Laurie Sequana Stolemaker. I'm a world traveler currently based in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. My husband and i retired in 2013 and we've been traveling and house sitting around the world. I found Yong Chen on YouTube in 2017, and i joined his community.

As I worked from the EnjoyingArt library and the live lessons with Yong Chen, I began to improve...

The people that I have gotten to know through this community have been so helpful. I have learned from Yong so much, and I've also learned from my fellow members. We are encouraging and honest with one another, and it really helps to share, ask questions, and make suggestions within the group. I am pretty pleased with what I'm doing right now that I'm continuing to work with Yong to improve my eye and my ability to create the message or the story that i want to tell in a painting.

Hi, my name is Constance, and this is Francie. We are sharing our thoughts from Dana Point, California in the US.

It’s rare to find an art instructor who sees both the deficiency and the potential of a student and is still able to meet you at your level. Professor Yong Chen gives me the tools to find my own solution and encourages me to push my boundaries.

Now I am learning to draw. It is exciting, scary and a lot of hard work. It makes me happy to learn to think, and plan, what and how I am going to express my feelings in my art.

I wish I would have learned this at an earlier age. And Francie will explain why this is important.

Perhaps one day we will see you in class. May you be well and happy.

My name is Lauri. I live in Cary, North Carolina here in the US.

I took a basic drawing class in 2015 and after a year, I thought I would try painting with watercolors. So, I went to YouTube to look for information and instructions.

There were lots of artists on YouTube, but not many were teaching. It was mostly watching them paint.

Then I found Yong Chen. He was a great instructor who had videos for every level of experience. I started with his most basic demonstrations, and every time I watched a video, my artwork improved.

In 2016, I became a member of EnjoyingArt and discovered there was a community of artists studying with Yong Chen, and they were sharing their art and advice with each other.

Their encouragement has been extraordinary and deeply appreciated.

I feel I have not only learned from expert teaching by Yong Chen, but by seeing the artistic growth of all his patrons. It has become a common journey in artistic development.

Hi, my name is Bonnie. I live in San Diego, California, USA.

Being a member of Yong Chen’s art community has been an amazing experience that has brought me much joy. Last October, I wanted to find someone online who was teaching how to draw and paint portraits. I found Yong, and I feel so blessed that I did. Yong is not only an amazing artist, but also a caring, devoted, excellent instructor and a kind person with a wonderful sense of humor.

If you are interested in drawing and painting for fun or working toward a goal of selling your drawings and paintings or just becoming a better artist...

Yong provides a safe, happy, supportive environment where you can laugh and learn continuing on your personal journey in art. I highly recommend Yong. I leave each class feeling happy, motivated, and inspired and feeling so blessed to be learning from Yong.

Hello, I am Phoenix. I live in Kentucky, USA.

I have been an artist for over 25 years, but I mostly stuck to landscapes.

This year I set a goal for myself to fix my "lazy eyes" from always measuring with instruments, or making digital templates and draw better freehand.

Yong made me see easily where my eyes were not properly trained, and patiently helped me to adjust them. So my freehand drawing and proportions are starting to look as good as if I had traced, or done a digital template...

Yong has built up a truly supportive community where everyone helps one another to improve without competing against one another. It is such a peaceful and truly enjoyable experience to be part of this community.

Artist Yong Chen is a gifted and unique art teacher. His goal is to create an art community by encouraging members to enjoy and develop their artistic talents.

I am Tom from Columbia, Maryland, and honored to be part of this community that includes people of all levels of artistic talent.

Budding artists will especially appreciate Yong as a master teacher who recognizes that each person is at a different artistic point and then advances him or her to the next level.

Yong has developed his teaching methods over years of in-person and online teaching experience. He has high expectations for his students and encourages them at every step.

I am fortunate to have found Yong Chen’s EnjoyingArt a few years ago and am humbled to have met so many fine people and exceptional artists. Members have helped and supported me over the years.

What binds us together is the love of art and the sense of community that Yong Chen has built.

Hello, I’m Ye. Yong Chen is an amazing teacher. He goes through the entire process from composition to the final touches. I love his teaching style and how he speaks in a way that’s easy to understand.

Whether you’re at beginner, intermediate or advanced level, Yong has something to offer to everyone. I see big improvements in my drawings after I took drawing fundamental and portrait drawing class with him.

Yong has built a very supportive community over the years, a real nice place for members to interact with each other, share our arts and grow together. I’m fortunate to have received tremendous support from Yong and members in the community.

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