Written by a well-known artist and best-selling art-instruction author with almost rock-star
popularity in the contemporary world of representational art Beginning Drawing Atelier with
its unique workbook sketchbook approach and high-quality paper offers a comprehensive and
contemporary twist on traditional Atelier art instruction practices. Atelier education is
centered on the belief that working in a studio not sitting in the lecture hall is the best
place to learn about art. Every artist needs to learn basic drawing skills. In this elegant and
inspiring workbook master contemporary artist and best selling author Juliette Aristides
breaks down the drawing process into small manageable lessons presents them progressively
introduces time-tested principles and techniques in the Atelier tradition that are easily
accessible and shares the language and context necessary to understand the artistic process
and create superior well-crafted drawings. What makes this approach unique is the fact that it
includes blank pages for copying and practicing within each lesson facilitating traditional
Atelier methods. Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time--and now that
educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios in a return to classical art
training are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a
master artist over a period of years. Students begin by copying masterworks then gradually
progress to painting as their skills develop. Beginning Drawing Atelier is like having an
atelier in a book--and the master is Juliette Aristides a classically trained artist. On every
page Aristides uses the works of Old Masters and today's most respected realist artists to
demonstrate and teach the principles of realist drawing and painting taking students step by
step through the learning curve yet allowing them to work at their own pace. Unique and
inspiring the approach in this new book offers serious art courses for serious art students.
