Reviews of professor Dmitri Koustov

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Language barrier - difficult to give feedback or explain things clearly
Talkative and repetitive - would often waste class time repeating himself

Nice - he's an all around nice guy and everyone loves him for it
Usually had visual examples and the T.A. was helpful, so you figured it out eventually

Would recommend for the freshman studios

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you can take ARTS 103 with him, do it! He gave great feedback on all of our project and would help us come up with good ideas for our drafts. He was super nice and really cared about his students. Some projects took some time but what else would you expect for an art class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dmitri gives a lot of homework, but it is all to make you better. He gives good feedback and is very easy to talk to and ask questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
An amazing and skilled teacher who made me significantly better at drawing from life. He gives a lot of homework and classwork but it's all worth it as it improves your skills tenfold. Spent many all-nighters for his class, but I would jump at a chance to take a class with him again!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Koustov is WONDERFUL! If you can take him for this class, you should! He's a super easy grader and if you don't like your grade, then you can fix and bring it back to him however many times you want. The only thing you might want to watch out for is that his "help" sometimes means drawing on your paper with a 4B pencil haha.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Teaches you excellent skills and provides help when needed! Awesome professor, have taken 2 classes with him and all have been great! Sometimes his instructions can be a little vague/unclear, but he will clarify when asked. Provides you with great feedback, overall A+ learning experience.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Love this man. Hes really good at tuning into a students level and grades accordingly. Does draw on your paper sometimes, but always asks for permission. Says mama Mia a lot. Great guy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dmitri cares about his students but you have to put in an effort in this class. The projects are long and will take up your weekends if you do not work on them during class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He really cares about how his students are doing in his class. tough grader but makes you work hard for the grade you want, causing you to end up better than if he didn't. gives good advice on how to improve as well. If you can take his class, you should.