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Art

Lenny Scarola

ART89 · ART86 · ART85 · ART50 · ART101 · ART53 · ART54 · ART10 · ART51 · ART250 · ART1469 · ART80 · PAINTA50 · ART87 · ART189 · ART50ART80 · COLORTHEORY · 41 lifetime ratings

AI rating
70/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

if you want hardcore traditional art training and can handle long lectures plus blunt critiques.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerLecture HeavyTough Honest CritiquesSerious Artist MentorShow Up Or FailPolarizing Personality
  • Serious art students say he transforms skills with blunt critiques and deep knowledge.
  • Casual or beginner painters often hate the endless talking, delayed painting, and ego.
  • An A is realistic if you show up, listen, and put in effort, but this is not a chill hobby class.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

66/100

Many say show up, try hard, and you get the A, though and unfair.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Art fundamentals and critiques demand real skill .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Skip class and you will not pass is a recurring tag and message.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

68/100

Serious students call him life-changing; .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

58/100

Often grades effort and complaints.

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Long lecture-heavy studio hours plus multiple paintings and homework for committed students.

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Good

74/100

Deep master-artist knowledge and transformative critiques for listeners; weak for students wanting step-by-step painting demos.

Format shift

In-person only; split by student seriousness.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Studio paintings, drawings, critiques, and effort dominate over traditional exams.

Format shift

In-person only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

41 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Studio painting and drawing with long lectures, tough critiques, and strong gains for committed students.

Main concern

Hours of talking before painting and harsh or .

What students said

“Prof Scarola is possibly the . He's brilliant and blunt.”
ART85
“He literally talks for 6 hours straight, we didn't start painting until like week 10”
ART50
“all you have to do is show up for class, and do the work and you'll get an "A".”
ART85

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 is critique and , though .

Studio CritiquesPortfolio PaintingsEffort-Based GradingNo Traditional Exams Mentioned

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

78/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Reviews describe critiques, paintings, and policy.

Blunt CritiquesMultiple PaintingsAttendance-Linked Pass
“Don't expect sugar-coated critiques. You need realistic crits to improve!”
ART85
“You will get your A as long as you come everyday and put in work.”
ART85

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you want to improve your work as an . He's tough, but has a traditional teaching style and expects a lot from you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 41 in-person reviews, balancing devoted art-major praise with lecture-fatigue complaints. Credibility rating: High.

🎨 Master-Level Mentorship

74/100

“He turns something subjective into objective teaching. I have improved immensely through his teaching”

🗣️ Lecture Marathon Risk

35/100

“He literally talks for 6 hours straight, we didn't start painting until like week 10”

📍

22/100

“Skip class? You won't pass.”

⚖️ Effort Can Earn The A

66/100

“all you have to do is show up for class, and do the work and you'll get an "A".”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's brilliant and blunt.
  • His lectures are more visual
  • hard, tough critiques, but knows what he's talking about

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • This in not the class for an easy A.
  • He grades unfairly, based on his own opinion.
  • he grades for your attitude not for your result.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Personality Friction

  • he is very rude and never shuts up
  • shameless self promoter and is very full of himself
  • Talk in circles, like for hours!

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

41

Recent reviews read by the AI

41

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

41 detailed in-person reviews over many years show a stable split between devoted art majors and frustrated hobbyists.

Inside 41 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 526
4 out of 54
3 out of 52
2 out of 54
1 out of 55

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Reported outcomes

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6 reported outcomes

A range

6

A 6

B range

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C range

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D range

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