About the instructor

Yong Chen is a painting professor from Boston, Massachusetts. He is an accomplished painter, author, and illustrator, as well as a signature member of National Watercolor Society (NWS). His paintings have been exhibited in art galleries and museums in both China and in the United States.

Yong has been passionate about art and teaching since his childhood. He graduated from the University of Hartford in the US with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Illustration and has 40 years of watercolor teaching experience. In addition to using a limited color palette in his classes, Yong teaches his students a step-by-step and systematic approach to art while also bringing out creativity and making the process more simple and relaxing. Yong strongly believes that everyone can become an excellent artist if one has the interest to learn the process of thinking and art-making.

Yong is also an accomplished illustrator and author, as his watercolor paintings are used in many picture books and stories. Those book publishers include Little, Brown and Company, Boyds Mills Press, and HarperCollins. Yong is not only an expert with watercolor painting, but also excels in Chinese traditional painting, acrylic, gouache, oil, and digital art covering all subject matters.

Yong is the founder of EnjoyingArt, an artist community, where he is teaching, coaching, and supporting members from across the US and more than 21 other countries. He encourages his students in their pursuit of artistic expression through the use of live lessons, instructional learning videos, painting events, and partnerships with other art communities.

You can learn more about Yong and his work at www.yongchen.com