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Art

Mike Steirnagle

ART · OILPAINTING · ART121 · LIFEDRAWINGI · ART120 · LIFEDRAWING1 · ART197B · FIG101 · LIFEDRAWINGON · PORTRAITURE · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
56/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if you are serious about figure drawing and can handle blunt, style-specific critique.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerGifted figure artistUnclear instructionsSerious students onlyLow homeworkDraws on your work
  • Strong studio artist who gives demos and one-on-one help for figure drawing
  • Instruction is often unclear, contradictory, or style-biased toward his own approach
  • ; beginners and casual artists struggle

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

48/100

, but skill-based critique and automatic.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

46/100

Figure drawing content is technical and demanding, though not abstract lecture theory.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

Students report required presence for credit and roll taken late so early exit is blocked.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

Loved by serious artists seeking craft growth; beginners and students .

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

Grades track effort and improvement with little reported curve or .

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Workload

Light

78/100

; work is mainly in-class drawing plus a .

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Teaching experience

Average

58/100

Gifted demos and personal help clash with , and occasional absence.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Studio projects and in-class figure work dominate; .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person figure and life drawing studio with demos, live models, and hands-on critique; results are polarized between growth and frustration.

Main concern

, and drawing directly on student work turn off beginners.

What students said

“Mike is just not clear with instructing students on how to draw the human form”
ART120
“You will be amazed at how quickly you improve! New model each class.”
ART120
“He is a great teacher for the serious, self-motivated art student.”
LIFEDRAWING1

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 studio-based figure work and .

Studio projectsIn-class critiqueFinal projectNo traditional exams reported

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Studio critique and project work; no Lockdown Browser or proctored written finals mentioned.

Studio projectsIn-class critiqueFinal project
“The , but no hw overall!”
ART120
“ and engaging and .”
PORTRAITURE

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“He is a diamond in the ruff at Palomar.”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 in-person reviews spanning figure and life drawing, with Medium credibility from sample size and thematic consistency.

🎨 Teaching Quality

58/100

“Mike is an incredibly gifted artist who cares about his students.”

🧭 Recommendation Split

52/100

“I'd suggest that if youre a beginning artist, don't take his class.”

✏️ Workload Reality

78/100

“ and engaging and .”

⚠️ Instruction Clarity

40/100

“His lectures, which are really him just walking around and and he contradicts himself.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He does demos, looks at drawings in progress during every class and offers help
  • He's a good artist, a poor instructor
  • He does not waste time on speech.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Fit

  • He is a great teacher for the serious, self-motivated art student.
  • if you truly want to learn
  • if youre a beginning artist, don't take his class

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He can be a little moody.
  • kinda moody,too.
  • He helps some students but ignores others.

Data context

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Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Seventeen detailed in-person reviews span many years with consistent polarized themes, but most are older and grade data is sparse.

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 55
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 52

Course coverage

ART1207 reviews
LIFEDRAWING12 reviews
ART1 review
ART1211 review
ART197B1 review
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FIG1011 review
LIFEDRAWINGI1 review
LIFEDRAWINGON1 review
OILPAINTING1 review
PORTRAITURE1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

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No letter grade reported

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