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Nicholas

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5 (7 reviews)

RM204/h

1^st lesson belanja

Photography

Experienced tutor in Photography in Austin, Nicholas offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Photography

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About Nicholas

Nicholas Dertien, is a Austin based artist, educator and small business owner. After completing his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2009, Nicholas set up a private sculpture studio in Austin. He has exhibited work in Marfa, Seattle, Austin, Providence and New York. Over the past decade, Nicholas’s major studio themes have focused on visually representing the sensation of breath, asthma and the eroding of the physical body. In 2015, Nicholas launched Visual Ministry Consulting which strives to create visually vibrant experiences for local worshiping communities. Nicholas is an adjunct faculty member at Austin Community College and Concordia University Texas, where he teaches drawing, design, glass, photography and ceramics.

As an educator Nicholas believes that creating a "non-fear based learning environment" is critical for a creative studio course. Within this learning environment students learn to use a discovery based practice, the design development process and critiques as a tool for positive growth. His teaching philosophy can be found on his website. Nicholas lives and works in south Austin with his wife and four sons.

I knew I loved teaching when I began tutoring peers in the ceramic studio at the Unversity of Texas, feeling the excitement as my freinds learned to center clay for the first time on the wheel. At this time I was also a demonstating glassblower at Wimberley Glass Works south of Austin, demonstating and answering questions for groups ranging for a couple to 60 people.

2009: Master of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Academic Honors

2009: Collegiate Teaching Certificate: Reflective Teaching, Brown University, Sheridan Center

2004: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art University of Texas at Austin, Highest Honors, Distinguished Scholar

About the lesson

Communication is the key, I want to begin by understanding the artistic skill level of the student and where they hope to be. If the student has specific goals in mind I can tailor my approach to help reach those goals. If the student is looking to approve their overall skill, my teaching strategies are based on the Design Development Process and the Discovery Based Studio Practice. Allowing me to help the student develop their skills as together we learn what artistic subject the student is most passionate about.

As a college instructor, the vast majority of my students have been enrolled in either Austin Community College or Concordia University Texas, but the students themselves have ranged from high school students taking summer community college classes to second career adults investigating their life long artist passion in a more professional manner and between. Additionally I have taught workshops for and mentored high school age students, offering college portfolio review when requested.

As in all professions, art has foundational principles. Look for a teacher that has a deep understanding of that foundation. In that way she/he can follow the flow of your interests, otherwise the teacher might be limited to the handful of upper level skills they have practiced for their own work.

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Jonathan

Mr. Dertien was fun to work with and was really easy to get along. An expert in his field, Mr. Dertien was really helpful in helping me understand assignments as well as challenging me to learn new concepts that I had never used before. All in all Mr. Dertien is an excellent teacher!
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Jonathan
Mr. Dertien was fun to work with and was really easy to get along. An expert in his field, Mr. Dertien was really helpful in helping me understand assignments as well as challenging me to learn new concepts that I had never used before. All in all Mr. Dertien is an excellent teacher!
Waqas

Nicholas Dertien is an excellent instructor. He actually cares about his students and he helped me learn so many new techniques and always gave advice on how to improve my skills. Overall, I always felt like he has my best interest in mind.
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Waqas
Nicholas Dertien is an excellent instructor. He actually cares about his students and he helped me learn so many new techniques and always gave advice on how to improve my skills. Overall, I always felt like he has my best interest in mind.
Sebastian

My experience was fun and inclusive. He is well rounded and patient with every exercise.
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Sebastian
My experience was fun and inclusive. He is well rounded and patient with every exercise.
Winter

Nick was an amazing professor! We worked on ceramics and I learned so much. He encouraged me to explore all different aspects of the cermanic process such as glazing, the wheel, sculpting and slab throwing. Nick did a great job of keeping me motivated and giving me small challenges when I felt stuck. Loved this class!
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Winter
Nick was an amazing professor! We worked on ceramics and I learned so much. He encouraged me to explore all different aspects of the cermanic process such as glazing, the wheel, sculpting and slab throwing. Nick did a great job of keeping me motivated and giving me small challenges when I felt stuck. Loved this class!
Allison

Dertien is an awesome teacher! He's very kind and helps a ton with learning what to do with your artwork!
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Allison
Dertien is an awesome teacher! He's very kind and helps a ton with learning what to do with your artwork!
Travis

His excitement for art is contagious. He thoroughly enjoys teaching others and possesses the ability to communicate the knowledge effectively so.
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Travis
His excitement for art is contagious. He thoroughly enjoys teaching others and possesses the ability to communicate the knowledge effectively so.
Matthew

Everything. Nick has a vast knowledge of artistic information and the skills necessary to explain that information without over complicating the basic ideas of art. To this day I find myself reference notes taken in his class or thing basic to fundamentals he taught like color theory, the use of shadows, perspective, and the idea of gestalt in art. Without exaggeration his class is probably the most useful course I've ever taken in college. Yes that could be the course its self but it could easily have been an unfuffilling class with no take away. Fortunately that was never the case. Every class was engaging, and I looked forward to being there. Its not easy to motivate an evening class but Nick found a way to make me look forward to school after a 9 hour work day.
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Matthew
Everything. Nick has a vast knowledge of artistic information and the skills necessary to explain that information without over complicating the basic ideas of art. To this day I find myself reference notes taken in his class or thing basic to fundamentals he taught like color theory, the use of shadows, perspective, and the idea of gestalt in art. Without exaggeration his class is probably the most useful course I've ever taken in college. Yes that could be the course its self but it could easily have been an unfuffilling class with no take away. Fortunately that was never the case. Every class was engaging, and I looked forward to being there. Its not easy to motivate an evening class but Nick found a way to make me look forward to school after a 9 hour work day.
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