Where I document my own progress to become a better painter.Tumblr (3.0; @atticatelier)http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/<a href="http://kredentis.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/wow-its-finally-here.html">Kredentis | Art Book Reviews and other Art Related Things: Wow, it's finally here!</a>: <blockquote><p>Here’s a bit of advice: don’t ever trust someone who tells you that drawing from reference photos is the same as still life drawing. That teaching is the devil. No, seriously.</p></blockquote>http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/43561952070http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/43561952070Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:44:19 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0nu7n3SAE1qexocmo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Studying for anatomy and physiology! I drew these and consequently remember the scapula to this day!</p>http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/19049259648http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/19049259648Wed, 16 May 2012 10:49:48 -0400<p>Stay a year is the key part! Probably Ireland or Scotland. Someplace nice but not a big city, a place where you could explore new beautiful scenes slowly.</p>http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/22891932003http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/22891932003Sat, 12 May 2012 03:58:38 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0i0v0buCh1qexocmo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Peter Pan scenery!</p>http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/18889391361http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/18889391361Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:06:35 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7u072iGU1r6aq8no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://unclegrimace.tumblr.com/post/17414108508/the-virgin-mary-by-jan-van-eyck">unclegrimace</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Virgin Mary </em>by <span>Jan van Eyck</span></p> </blockquote>http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/17418362650http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/17418362650Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:31:18 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6s3oP0z31qexocmo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Ok, ok, hardly spherical, but I consider myself more of an illustrator. The Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne done in acrylic on board.</p>http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/17375749117http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/17375749117Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:50:12 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz37e4ZFaM1qatqtto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blessedwildapplegirl.tumblr.com/post/17271457093/durer" class="tumblr_blog">blessedwildapplegirl</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Durer</p></blockquote> <p>I need to do this exercise sometime as well. The same thing in six different attitudes.</p>http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/17275161526http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/17275161526Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:05:19 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyo05qm33I1qexocmo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>My studio has temporarily moved to a school hallway where I’m using left over cans of regular wall paint to paint scenery flats for a girl’s high-school production of Peter Pan. That there is eventually going to be part of the lagoon!</p>http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/16817016901http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/16817016901Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:32:55 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxv6dbMYIs1qexocmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Warrior Mermaiden” by Brigid Caley                                                                        I was supposed to be executing a perfect sphere as my first exercise but it wouldn’t really be “me” if I didn’t put some of my fun fantasy art up!</p>http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/15913610041http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/15913610041Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:53:00 -0500mermaidfantasyblueyellow<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx0wdhw68i1qexocmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>CLASSICAL DRAWING ATELIER</span><br/><span>A Contemporary Guide to </span><br/><span>Traditional Studio Practice </span><span>by Juliette Aristides                                                                                                               </span>I have a very difficult time reading straight through how-to books. I cannot pretend that I finished this one but I read enough to know that it is very informative and I would recommend it as a concrete and step by step method to become better at drawing. I got through the first pages explaining various things about beauty and harmony and then skimmed through slowly. Every few pages there was a beautiful, careful and expressive drawing that distracted me from the text! Many were contemperary. At the end of the book there are some exercises to to do. I’m going to attempt them here. Wish me well! </p>http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/15028120488http://atticatelier.tumblr.com/post/15028120488Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500artdrawingjuliettearistidesclassicaldrawingatelier