This is a wonderful book on drawing by Juliette Aristides.It covers the essential techniques to making a good drawing. These are subjects like understanding lines, contours, proportion, depth, tonal composition, light and shadow. They are the usual subjects taught for drawing.
Atelier Drawing Method
The text is insightful and filled with tips, supplemented by beautiful illustrated examples from artists and old masters.This is not an immediately hands-on book where you can dive in and draw strThis is a wonderful book on drawing by Juliette Aristides.It covers the essential techniques to making a good drawing. These are subjects like understanding lines, contours, proportion, depth, tonal composition, light and shadow. They are the usual subjects taught for drawing. The text is insightful and filled with tips, supplemented by beautiful illustrated examples from artists and old masters.This is not an immediately hands-on book where you can dive in and draw straightaway. It focuses on the understanding of different techniques.
After which, each chapter ends with a guided practical lesson on learning points.The book also comes with a DVD containing 1 hour of video with Juliette Aristides demonstrating what was taught in the book. It covers blocking in general shapes before defining them with more detail, and finishing them up with tones to give the illusion of light and shadow. The video reinforces the drawing techniques as used in real life.This is a well written and presented book. It's really insightful.Highly recommended to anyone learning to draw. A great value for money. Juliette Aristides is part of the growing return to classical beaux arts training for artists.
This beautifully illustrated book includes several step-by-step exercises to help the student explore the basic elements of traditional atelier practice. She also includes an inspiring DVD with the hardcover edition.
While the lessons on the DVD do not correspond directly with the book lessons, they nevertheless provide additional guidance for the topic as a whole.This type of atelier training isn't re Juliette Aristides is part of the growing return to classical beaux arts training for artists. This beautifully illustrated book includes several step-by-step exercises to help the student explore the basic elements of traditional atelier practice. She also includes an inspiring DVD with the hardcover edition.
While the lessons on the DVD do not correspond directly with the book lessons, they nevertheless provide additional guidance for the topic as a whole.This type of atelier training isn't really feasible for the absolute beginner, but instead would be good to use after the student has spent at least one year studying with a good drawing instructor. Prior familiarity with basic materials, terminology, and techniques will greatly increase the usefulness of this book, since the level of these lessons is fairly complex.All in all, an excellent book and worth the price for any serious student of drawing and painting. Back to basics with the drawings. It's odd coming back after years to basics like line, form and contrast. It's also surprising how much of this basic information is internalised simply by practice. If everyone received this sort of training at the very beginning, the learning process would be speeded up.
Anyhow, a beautifully produced and detailed analysis of the science of drawing, with particular assistance for students of art who may never have been taught to draw. The current sickness in ar Back to basics with the drawings. It's odd coming back after years to basics like line, form and contrast. It's also surprising how much of this basic information is internalised simply by practice. If everyone received this sort of training at the very beginning, the learning process would be speeded up.
Anyhow, a beautifully produced and detailed analysis of the science of drawing, with particular assistance for students of art who may never have been taught to draw. The current sickness in art schools today, as presented by the author, is that painters cannot always draw. A trip down to the library or bookstore will show racks of books on painting, but next to none on drawing. This book helps that much. Juliette Aristides is brilliant in her art as well as her teaching skills.
The way she brings forth the points she’s trying to make are easy to understand and clear as a bell.In this book, Aristides highlights important topics that any beginner artist will require in their art. These are issues you are constantly faced with whenever you draw and making a good practice of them early will help you through your journey.She begins with putting down basic lines and contours, and then leads on to diff Juliette Aristides is brilliant in her art as well as her teaching skills. The way she brings forth the points she’s trying to make are easy to understand and clear as a bell.In this book, Aristides highlights important topics that any beginner artist will require in their art. These are issues you are constantly faced with whenever you draw and making a good practice of them early will help you through your journey.She begins with putting down basic lines and contours, and then leads on to different relationships in your art, composition, and finally, lighting and shadows.I highly recommend this book!Check out more reviews at.
A lovely read! Sort of like a crash course in everything art from art history to step by step drawing instructions for difficult subjects. A lot of other books might also offer similar information, but it's the videos where it truly stands apart from other similar books. Juliette is an excellent teacher, IMHO; and she tries to actually show and explain what she's doing and why as she demonstrates the application of the concepts (yes, she herself draws a couple of figures). The videos really comA lovely read!
Sort of like a crash course in everything art from art history to step by step drawing instructions for difficult subjects. A lot of other books might also offer similar information, but it's the videos where it truly stands apart from other similar books. Juliette is an excellent teacher, IMHO; and she tries to actually show and explain what she's doing and why as she demonstrates the application of the concepts (yes, she herself draws a couple of figures). The videos really complement the lessons and, for me, it's very insightful exit formative to be able to observe how a professional goes about it. This book teaches classical drawing lessons that emphasize learning drawing principle before starting drawing practice. This book comes with a DVD on how to draw.
I really enjoyed watching the instructor. And I learned a lot from the DVD. The book has many helpful photos and diagrams. I would categorize this as a good textbook for drawing students. If I could afford to go to Juliette Aristides classical drawing atelier in Seattle Washington I would go in a heartbeat.
She is a very talented instr This book teaches classical drawing lessons that emphasize learning drawing principle before starting drawing practice. This book comes with a DVD on how to draw. I really enjoyed watching the instructor. And I learned a lot from the DVD. The book has many helpful photos and diagrams.
I would categorize this as a good textbook for drawing students. If I could afford to go to Juliette Aristides classical drawing atelier in Seattle Washington I would go in a heartbeat. She is a very talented instructor.