Your Hand Gets Better Before Your Eye
If you just started atelier training and feel like you are going crazy, relax, that’s normal. One of the most challenging aspects of atelier training…
Atelier Training
Atelier Training is a way of learning how to draw and paint realistically. These articles teach you everything you need to know about what ateliers are and how they can help you.
How to Set Up a Painting Studio
Save yourself frustration and hassle by setting up your painting studio space the right way. Learning how to draw and paint at the highest levels…
Art Skill Scarcity: What Happened?
Learning how to draw realistically was a necessary skill taught in much formal education up until the dawn of the 20th century. DRAWING ACCURATELY IS…
4 Must-Read Atelier Art Books for Newbies
New to atelier training? Here are 4 great atelier books to help you get started. Please note this post contains affiliate links. You can read…
How to Set Up an Oil Painting Palette
You can make a complete mess of your oil painting palette, or you can set it up the smart way. Nothing is worse than being…
Bargue Plate Art Supply List
Here are all the art supplies you need to draw a Bargue Plate using atelier methods. What is a Bargue Plate? Ready to start your…
How Should I Draw?
Discover the techniques that are congruent with you artistic soul. “How should I draw?” is likely a question students have asked since ateliers were invented….
ATELIER/ARTIST DICTIONARY
What is Atelier? Notional Space? Contours? Fret not my friend, this is your go-to artist dictionary for all those wonky terms people who draw and…
WHO IS EDWARD MITCHELL BANNISTER?
Discover the man who helped change the course of art education and become a founding instructor of the Rhode Island School of Design. “Landscape” by…