- Private lessons are $90 for each 90 minutes.
- For small groups of interested people (2 to 3 persons), I offer a rate of $60 per person.
- A 10% discount is offered for five (5) lessons paid in advance, 12.5% discount for 15 lessons paid in advance. (Note: Due to scheduling considerations, one day notice is required for rescheduling requests.)
I was trained in classical painting methods and have many years of experience as an artist and mentor. Please visit my website to view samples of my work. Contact me at cd_leib@yahoo.com for further information and to register.
Students thoughts
Chris is great! He's both engaging and at ease in the teaching studio. It's a pleasure to have someone so incredibly competent at your side. It's even better to feel as though you are learning from someone whose own artistic products you actually respect and appreciate. That, alone, is enough to put you at ease that your dollars are safe at work (did I mention that his time is quite reasonably priced?). During my time with him, Chris went out of his way a number of times to ensure that my goals and considerations were properly addressed and my training was properly tailored to these in due course. He is a terrific mentor and I recommend him as a drawing instructor wholeheartedly.
I found Chris' website. I was fascinated by his painting posted on the web and decided to apply to his class. The painting class was my favorite time in the week. Chris let me explore my own style and taught me how to improve my techniques. The class is fun. He is a great teacher!
-Panuwan Lerssrisuriya
Drawing and painting can be extremely frustrating. With all the art classes I've taken, the question in my mind was, "If I have difficulty seeing an object for exactly what it is, how is someone outside of me going to do that?" Past instructors were never really able to reconcile what I see, how I process and how to depict that two dimensionally. I was very distraught. Yet, I knew I had a passion for fine arts and did not want to give up so easily. With Chris, drawing and painting became enjoyable. He has the uncanny ability to show you how to draw and paint what is really there, NOT what you think you see. He is a phenomenal artist and a very gifted teacher. Patience, kindness, ability to be objective and trusting are only some of the things that describe him and his ability!
-Dorothy Santos
I started collecting Chris Leib's work in 2002 and have continued to do so, ever since. His work is filled with his dry sense of humor and delight from an old world perspective. I have had the good fortune to be the recipient of his teachings as an artist. He has a keen eye for the slightest detail that can make all the difference in the mood or the context of paintings.
An old master, his sensibility and presentation are exquisite and his sense of humor quietly grabs you.
-Cynthia Tom, fine artist, curator
A terrific source of knowledge for any artist! I have painted on and off for years but under Chris' instruction and guidance I was able to take a significant step forward and deepen my understanding of painting. With years of practical experience behind him, Chris easily answers all manner of questions on materials and technique. Through helpful one on one critiques he gave me suggestions on how to push my work further and also suggested uses of materials I didn't know about or didn't think to try. He offered up very practical, step by step instruction that helped me build upon my current skills and gave me excellent advice on how to continue developing my own personal direction.
Chris Leib is an artist of exceptional talent, strength, vision, sensitivity, and humor. These are what Chris in his teaching instilled in me: Sensitivity to line quality in drawings; sensitivity to color; nuances of surrounding colors; and the passages of value and intensity. Colors in
themselves are a challenge and I find Chris to have strength in this area. Working with a limited palette I was amazed Chris was able to guide me in
obtaining the intended color!
Chris teaches with gentleness and is aware of your needs, guiding you to accomplish your intended goals. He will know if you are having trouble with your drawing or painting. Even if you don't say anything, he will notice when you are getting tense with you work, how you're sitting, or how you're holding the pencil or paint brush.
If you desire to paint in the style of the old Masters, and are up for the challenge, Chris Leib is the artist/teacher for you. If your goal is to paint still life, Chris is the one. If you are into portraiture, again Chris is the one for you. It is not only getting a likeness of the sitter and their personaility
which Chris can capture, I have not seen many render the painting of skin color like Chris. It is alive, it breathes!
I am proud to say I'm a student of Chris Leib and that he is my mentor and
hope he will count me as not only his student, but a friend as well.
- Reineres Susbilla
Chris Leib is an excellent oil painting teacher. I met with him once a week for over a year for a one-on-one class. I would continue with him but he moved out of San Francisco. He's the real deal. He knows how to do it and he knows how to teach it. Plus, he's a great guy. We had a lot of fun.
- Ed Bedard
