This class will focus on drawing the landscape on archival papers using a variety of charcoal materials, with the ultimate goal to complete a finished portfolio or…
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Lay-ins are the first 20 minutes of a drawing. A lay-in represents the initial plan over which the rendering will be placed. Without a good lay-in a…
Emphasis will be placed on gaining an in-depth understanding of the skull, the planes of the head, and the abstraction or rhythms of the head. Students will…
This class is an introduction to concepts that are necessary to understand for the successful drawing of the human figure. The fundamental principles of gesture, structure and…
In this course, Jeff will show you how to approach still life painting with shorter, more gestural techniques. This course focuses on the “direct” approach, and understanding…
You are now ready to study some of the key patinas you will need to paint in your artistic career. In this phase Jeff Watts has selected…
Basic composition, staging, and limited palettes will be the emphasis of this phase. The phase begins with one object rendered in each of the 3 palettes: Burnt…
1)This course will teach you some of the background and techniques that go into painting an illustration for card art. You will be walked through each phase…
In this class Jeff Will walk you through breaking down Landscape paintings from some of his favorite painters. Emphasis will be on picking up the chosen artist’s…
Now that you have begun to understand the basics of landscape composition, let’s break apart various concepts within landscape and learn to tackle them. In this phase…
The goal of this phase is to introduce you to the fundamentals of landscape composition. Jeff will go over 13 different compositional “stems” used throughout history by…
Join Watts Atelier founder Jeff Watts and Atelier instructor Jim Hahn for the fifth phase in our head drawing lessons. In this Phase, Jim and Jeff will…