Classical painting atelier : a contemporary guide to traditional studio practice /

"Ateliers have produced many of the greatest artists of all time--and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a reture to classical art trainning, are based on the nineteenth-enctury model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artists over a perion o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aristides, Juliette
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Watson-Guptill, 2008.
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • The painters studio
  • Historical and contemporary studio practices
  • Atelier training
  • Universal principles
  • The painter's process
  • Method and inspiration
  • Compostion
  • Design systems of the masters
  • Value
  • The power of limits
  • Color
  • The complete palette
  • Painting from life
  • The artist's model
  • Masterworks
  • Still-life painting
  • Nature tamed
  • Portrait painting
  • An intimate likeness
  • Figure painting
  • The body devine
  • Putting theory into practice
  • Lesson one: Painting process
  • Lesson two: Cut paper exercises
  • Lesson three: Cast painting exercise
  • Lesson four: Warm & cool cast painting
  • Lesson five: Grisaille figure painting
  • Lesson six: Value and color sketches
  • Lesson seven: Master copy painting
  • Lesson eight: Color figure painting.