Deborah Schilling Artist, Illustrator, Art Teacher

My service stands out, becuase I have been an artist all of my life. I grew up in New York, surrounded by the greatest art and artists. I studied at one of the best art colleges in the United States, in New York, The School of Visual Arts, I hold a BFA, and an MFA. I have worked as a graphic designer, Illustrator, Fine Artist and Art Teacher for the past 35 years. I worked as an art teacher at the Dade County Schools in Miami, and today in Albany I have my own studio and I give private art classes to students. I teach young art students elementary age, middle school and high school, in every medium. I believe in teaching a young person how to draw very well, this is a very important grounding for every art student to be able to move into any genre of art that they will want to learn. I have taught drawing, animation, illustration,painting in all media and mixed media. I also work with Middle school and High School students to build their portfolios if they are looking to go to Art Magnet High Schools, or onto Art Colleges. I did this for many years in Miami and I successfully got my students into two of the best Art High Schools in the Country, The New World School, and The Design and Architecture High School DASH. I also helped these students prepare their portfolios who went on to receive full scholarships to the best Art Colleges in the country. I also work with adult students who are looking to get back into their love of creating art. I am an extremely dedicated teacher and want my students to achieve their goals. This is the most important thing to me. It inspires me everyday to work with my students. It is a passion as great as doing and creating my own artwork which I do everyday in my studio.