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.

Praise from some of Yong's students:

Yong is not only an amazing artist, but also a caring, devoted, excellent instructor and a kind person with a wonderful sense of humor. 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. (Bonnie C.)
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Yong is a great instructor for students in every level of experience. I feel I have not only learned from expert teaching by Yong Chen, but by seeing the artistic growth of all his students. (Lauri S.)
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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... (Phoenix F.)
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Yong Chen is a gifted and unique art teacher. He encouraged his students to enjoy and develop their artistic talents. 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. (Tom M.)
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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. (Constance M.)
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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. I see big improvements in my art after I took two painting classes with him. (Ye L.)

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