AI Rate Professor

Art

Ronald Davis

DESIGN10B · ART20A · WATERCOLOR · ART10A · GRAPHDESGNII · ART3132 · ART10 · ART10B · ART10BDEISGN2 · ART1090 · ART10A10B · DESIGN10A · DESIGN1 · PAINTING · OILPAINT2 · ALL · 10B · D10B · OILPAINTING1 · ART87J · DESIG10A · MENTOR · ART31 · 55 lifetime ratings

AI rating
62/100
RMP rating
3.8/5
Take again
60%
Difficulty
2.5

The decision

if you are a serious, self-directed art student; beginners seeking technique should look elsewhere.

Best fit · Self Taught ProArt MentorVague FeedbackTransfer GuruFreedom HeavyLove-Or-Hate
  • Serious art students often call him life-changing for conceptual growth and transfer help.
  • Beginners and illustration majors frequently call him vague, biased, or humiliating.
  • ; success depends on independence and conceptual risk-taking.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Many earn As with freedom and self-advocacy, but vague criteria and harsh critiques make outcomes uneven.

All evidence is from in-person art and design reviews.

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Projects are open-ended rather than technically hard, yet conceptual expectations and critiques challenge many.

All evidence is from in-person art and design reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

68/100

, though engaged students get more mentoring.

All evidence is from in-person art and design reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

Roughly 60% take-again energy: transformative for serious artists, frustrating for beginners needing structure.

All evidence is from in-person art and design reviews.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

55/100

Some say he asks what grade you deserve; and biased.

Format shift

All evidence is from in-person reviews.

Workload

Light

62/100

, but self-driven studio work still requires dedication.

Format shift

All evidence is from in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Good

64/100

Powerful mentor for conceptual art and transfers, weaker for technique and .

Format shift

All evidence is from in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

18/100

Assessment is studio projects and critiques rather than traditional exams.

Format shift

All evidence is from in-person reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person studio students split between mentor worship and frustration over vagueness and public critique.

Main concern

, and bias toward fine-art conceptual work.

What students said

“He is a superstar art sherpa. Beyond just a teacher.A true mentor”
ART10B
“Warning to illustration majors, stay away. He is very biased”
ART10B
“Ronn's class continues to be the .”
ART10A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment centers on projects and critiques, not proctored exams, but critique can feel harsh.

Studio ProjectsCritiquesOpen-Ended AssignmentsNo Traditional Exams

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and critique based with high creative freedom and .

Project BasedPublic CritiquesOpen Assignments
“just be ready for criticism, but thats always a great thing, especially in art”
PAINTING
“Be careful of how loosely defined the ”
DESIGN10B

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you are an art major and if you want to make it in the real world.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, highlighting mentorship value and polarizing vagueness. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

64/100

“Taking Ronn Davis's class changed my life!”

⚠️ Polarizing Style

40/100

“ anything”

🧭 Mentorship Strength

80/100

“He will help you with transferring and all that jazz.”

👍 Recommendation Split

58/100

“People eaither love or hate this teacher.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • doesn't teach technique he teaches you to be yourself
  • loves to talk
  • gets you thinking like an artist

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Was an EASY class for me, but may be harder for others
  • No clue how he grades

Theme 3

❤️ About Mentorship

  • true mentor, and honest critic
  • greatest mentor of your life
  • helps students transfer to good schools

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

55

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

50 long-span reviews with detailed but polarized opinions provide a reliable picture of who thrives with him.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 528
4 out of 510
3 out of 58
2 out of 52
1 out of 57

Course coverage

ART10B13 reviews
ART316 reviews
10B4 reviews
ART10A4 reviews
ART103 reviews
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DESIGN10A2 reviews
DESIGN10B2 reviews
ALL1 review
ART10901 review
ART10A10B1 review
ART10BDEISGN21 review
ART20A1 review
ART31321 review
ART87J1 review
D10B1 review
DESIG10A1 review
DESIGN11 review
GRAPHDESGNII1 review
MENTOR1 review
OILPAINT21 review
OILPAINTING11 review
PAINTING1 review
WATERCOLOR1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 1 · A 7 · A- 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Rather not say 1