Interview with Second Annual MSBC Winner Chris Carlson!
With 2018 well underway, we at the atelier wanted to put the spotlight on our recent second annual MSBC winner Chris Carlson! Chris has some incredibly fun and unique work, and we are so thankful to have our own student Ivan Miletic take the time to interview him and hear what Chris has to say.… Continue reading
Interview with First Annual MSBC winner Manuela Pilz!
In the spirit of our recent Second Annual Master Skill Building Challenge announcement, we wanted to look back at artist, teacher, and 2016 MSBC winner Manuela Pilz! I hope her hard work and dedication inspire and motivate you all. Ivan: First and foremost – congratulations on your win! Can you introduce yourself to us – where… Continue reading
Skill Building Challenge Cycle 25 now Live, Cycle 23 winners announced!
With cycle 25 now live in our forums, our second annual Master Skill Building Challenge is quickly coming to an end..! Be sure to head on over to our Skill building Challenges forum in order to participate in our exciting “student choice” challenge, where the students can choose what they wish to push themselves with for… Continue reading
Skill Building Challenge 23 now live! Cycle 21 and 22 winners announced!
With the close of our Cycle 22 Skill Building Challenge, we are now officially halfway through our Master Skill Building Challenge event, with guest juror Donato Giancola. We are pleased to announce that our cycle 23 Skill Building Challenge is now live in our student forums, open for all enrolled students to join. As we… Continue reading
Skill Building Challenge Cycle 19 Winners Announced!
Cycle 19 Winners Announced! Our Cycle 19 skill Building Challenge, structured to celebrate the release of our Features and Facial Expressions lessons with Lucas Graciano, proved to be a unique challenge for students..Not only did participants have to pull from their portraiture skills, they also needed to utilize their own reference and work to… Continue reading
Second Annual Master Skill Building Challenge, with Donato Giancola
It is with great excitement that we announce our Second Annual Master Skill Building Challenge, with Guest Juror Donato Giancola. Our Annual Master Skill Building Challenge is designed to help our students push themselves in their training and help them to become better, more skilled and more proficient artists. With these goals in mind, we have reached… Continue reading
Skill Building Cycle 17 Winners Announced!
As many of you know, our first annual Master Skill Building Challenge recently came to a close (more on that in a moment..!), marked by the end of our cycle 17 Skill Building Challenge. With the jury results now in, we are thrilled to say we now know the winners of our first annual Master… Continue reading
Skill Building Challenge Cycle 15 Winners Announced!
The wait is over! The winners for our cycle 15 Skill Building Challenge are finally in, and we’d like to take a moment to acknowledge the hard work, perseverance, and personal skill growth these two individuals have shown us over the course of 4 weeks. Please join us in congratulating our winner and honorable mention… Continue reading
The return of Friday Night live, This Friday, July 8th!
Join us this Friday, July 8th, at 7pm PST for the return of our Friday Night Live feature! Watch and participate in the conversation as Jeff shows you the process behind his gouache sketches, while exploring the inspiration he finds in his travels. For more information and to tune in, please visit our Friday… Continue reading
Skill Building Challenge Cycle 16 now live! Cycle 15 winners to be announced shortly..!
Skill Building Challenge cycle 16 is now live on our student forums! Head on over to the forums to participate in this exciting Figure Quicksketch/Still life competition, open to all enrolled students of the Watts Atelier Online Program. We saw a fantastic turn out for Cycle 15, and our judges are still working to select… Continue reading
Skill Building Challenge Cycle 14 winners announced! Cycle 15 now live!
Our skill Building cycle 15 Challenge is now live! To participate and push your skills (and to complete your 4th piece in the Master Skill Building Challenge, with guest juror James Gurney) Please visit our Skill Building Challenge forums today. Remember, these challenges are open to all active online students of any skill level, and… Continue reading
Skill Building Challenge Cycle 13 Winner Announced!
Cycle 13 was, by far, the most difficult of our Skill Building Challenges to judge to date…The skill and growth shown by the participants this past cycle was phenomenal! Our team took their time combing through the entries and looking at the student work, and they have finally decided on our winners… Without further ado, we’d… Continue reading
The First Annual Master Skill Building Challenge is now Live!
Our first annual Master Skill Building Challenge, with guest juror James Gurney, is now Live! We know many of you may still have some questions regarding how to participate. Because of this, we’ve compiled a brief FAQ thread in our Skill Building Challenges forum for students wishing to participate in the Challenge. Clink the link… Continue reading
Our First Annual Master Skill Building Challenge, starting January 11th, is right around the corner!
Our first annual Master Skill Building Challenge, with guest juror James Gurney, is rapidly approaching. We’d like to take a moment to go over what students enrolled in our online program can expect, as far as the workload and rules are concerned, when the contest launches in earnest on January 11th. The Master Skill… Continue reading
The New Year at the Watts Atelier: Master Skill Building Challenge, Bootcamp blogs, and more!
Happy New Year! We’re thrilled to bring in the New Year and welcome all of the exciting events on the horizon for 2016 here at the Watts Atelier. Here’s a peek at what the first part of 2016 has in store for our students… Master Skill Building Challenge, with James Gurney Students enrolled… Continue reading
First Annual Master Skill Building Challenge, with guest juror James Gurney
We are pleased to announce our first Annual Master Skill Building Challenge, with Guest Juror James Gurney Our primary goal at the Watts Atelier is to help our students become better, more skilled and more proficient artists. It’s with this goal in mind that we have reached out to award winning artists and illustrators, and created… Continue reading
New Friday Night Live with Lucas Graciano, August 28th, 7-10pm PST
Join illustrator and Watts Atelier instructor Lucas Graciano on Friday, August 28th from 7-10pm PST for a special from-the-studio edition of our Friday Night Live Workshop. Watch and ask questions live, as Lucas works on his largest painting to date; A 6-foot dragon illustration. This workshop is part of our ongoing, free “Friday Night Live”… Continue reading
The Watts Atelier Workshop and Bootcamp FAQ
At the Watts Atelier, we understand the importance of quality, skill-based art instruction. We also understand that individuals from across the globe wish to increase thier skills, students who are unable to spend a full ten-week term studying with us in person at our Atelier. This understanding is what led us to create our innovative… Continue reading
Skill Building Cycle 7 winners, Cycle 8 announced!
We would like to take a moment to congratulate the Winner and Honorable Mention of our Skill Building Challenge, Cycle 7. Our Skill Building Challenge entries are judged on the displayed comprehension of the lessons, and (most importantly) the improvement displayed by the internalization of those concepts and application of them over the course of the… Continue reading
Beginning this Friday: “In the Studio” podcast series, with Jeff Watts
We are thrilled to announce the start of a new ongoing feature for our online school; our “In the Studio” podcast series, premiering this Friday at 7pm PST on our Youtube station. . This exciting series of video podcasts takes the viewer into the at-home studios of the artists and instructors of the Watts… Continue reading
Skill BuildingChallenges, Cycle 4 Now Live!
Cycle 4 of our Skill building Challenges is now live and open for all participants of our online Atelier. If you haven’t participated in our Skill Building challenges yet, now is the perfect time to start. With new incentives and new “Path options” for both the beginner and the advanced students, Cycle 4… Continue reading
Livestream Guilds Q&A, this Saturday, December 6th at 6:30pm PST
This Saturday night at 6:30pm pacific time join Jeff Watts, Greg Goodman and Tom Babbey, creators of the recently unveiled Guilds Program for Watts Atelier Online, for a special Live stream Q&A. Ask questions and get answers from the people who created this ground breaking new study program for Online Art Training. The Watts Guilds… Continue reading