Now Available, “The Figure Drawings of Jeffrey R. Watts, Vol 1”
We are proud to announce that Jeff Watt’s first book of drawings is now available through our online store. “The Figure Drawings of Jeffrey R. Watts, Vol. 1 The Male Figure,” is the first in an eight-part series, showcasing Jeff’s favorite efforts from his decades of figure drawing experience. This oversized book, measuring 14×10… Continue reading
Thank you all for your overwhelming support
“Spanish turkeys,” by Jeffrey R. Watts In the spirit of the season, we would like to take a moment to thank you all for your overwhelming support of our Atelier and our new Guilds program. When we first conceived The Guilds program, we knew we had something special. Even so, it was humbling… Continue reading
Site Maintenance Reminder
The Guilds are Coming! Just a quick reminder that the site will be unavailable on Sunday November 9 starting at 9pm PST until 3am PST as we make room for the Guilds. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we hope you look forward to the new Guild features as well as a new facelift to… Continue reading
Special Halloween Edition of Friday Night Live, With E.M. Gist
Happy Halloween, From the Watts Atelier! Join Watts Atelier instructor and renowned horror illustrator E.M Gist on October 31st from 7-10pm Pacific Time, for a special Halloween edition of our Friday Night Live workshop. In the spirit of the season, Gist will be painting a monster portrait, live for our viewers. The finished portrait will… Continue reading
Skill Building Challenge: Cycle 3 announced!
Cycle 3 of our Skill building Challenges is just around the corner.. For those of you new to our Skill Building Challenges, each cycle is broken into four individual one-week challenges, with a unified theme throughout all 4 weeks designed to push our students’ skills in a specify discipline from our online program. While hard… Continue reading
Just Released: “Studio Still Life Painting,” With Meadow Gist
We are thrilled to announce the release of a new Master Class to our online program; “Studio Still Life Painting,” with Watts Atelier instructor and fine artist Meadow Gist. This video course follows Meadow as she delves into one of the painting disciplines she is known for, her long-format still life paintings. Students will… Continue reading
New Specialty Class Released: “Composition and Staging,” with Robert Watts
We are happy to announce the release of our latest Specialty Class; “Composition and Staging,” with Robert Watts. This course is meant to help the student break down, simplify, and understand the elements that make up a fantastic composition. Robert draws on his decades of experience as an illustrator and designer to help students… Continue reading
The Skill Building Challenge Cycle 2 results are in!
The results of our Skill Building Challenge, cycle 2 are in…! The winner will be receiving an original portrait drawing (pictured above) by Watts Atelier instructor Erik Gist. Our Skill Building Challenges are designed as a friendly competition that’s geared towards advancing the participants’ skill base. Each individual Skill building Challenge (which we refer to as… Continue reading
“Friday Night Live,” Quicksketch edition, August 29th 7-10pm pst
Join us this upcoming Friday, August 29th, from 7pm-10pm PST for a special Friday Night Live event. Jeff Watts will be demonstrating his quicksketch process live, while viewers watch and ask questions. Working from a model, Jeff will show the viewers the type of drawing instruction that’s included in our Figure Phase III online lessons.… Continue reading
Join us for our Saturday Panels at the San Diego Comic Con!
Planning your panel agenda for San Diego Comic Con? Be sure to join us for our “Traditional Art Training Online” panel, from 2:00-3:00 on Saturday the 26th, in room 30CDE. Join Watts Atelier founder Jeffrey Watts and instructors E.M. Gist and Tom Babbey as they talk about what it takes to improve your skills as… Continue reading
Skill Building Challenge: Cycle 2 announced!
Announcing “Skill Building Challenge: Cycle 2, Embracing Portraiture” Our first Skill Building Challenge was a great success; The students who participated saw their skill levels jump in those short four weeks due to a dedicated schedule and the driving force that a bit of friendly competition brings. Now that our first challenge, Cycle 1,… Continue reading
The Skill Building Challenge Cycle 1 results are in..!
The results of our first Skill Building Challenge are in…! The winner, who we will announce shortly in this post, will be receiving an original figure drawing (pictured above) by Watts Atelier founder Jeff Watts. Our Skill Building Challenges are designed as a friendly competition that’s geared towards advancing the participants’ skill base. Each… Continue reading
Down for Maintenance, Midnight June 18th
Due to mandatory maintenance and upgrades to our system, Watts Atelier Online will be temporarily unavailable for a brief period of time, starting at Midnight PST, June 18th. Thank you for your patience as we work to better the Watts Atelier Online experience for you. All the best, -The Watts Atelier Team
New Content released; Portrait Painting Phase III
We are proud to announce the release of our “Portrait Painting: Phase III lessons. While we are still fine tuning a few videos and features for Portrait Phase III, our excitement over these lessons has led us to release them now to you, our students, so you may continue to push your learning and further… Continue reading
“From the Sketchbook,” our new weekly blog feature
Every artist keeps (or should keep, rather) a sketchbook. Sketchbooks can help you record ideas, solve visual problems, strengthen and commit lessons to memory, and so much more. Every Thursday for the next several weeks, we will be giving you a peek into our instructor’s sketchbooks in a new blog segment appropriately titled “From the Sketchbook.”… Continue reading
“Demonstrating the Craft,” a new weekly blog feature
Our Instructors (From left to right; Ben, Jeff, Lucas, and Meadow) Demonstrating the Craft We at the Watts Atelier believe that seeing proper technique in action is an important step in the learning process. Because of this, each one of our courses at our on-location Atelier in Encinitas, CA begins with an instructor demonstration. Our… Continue reading
Finishing Touches: New Content Delayed until 2/28
We at the Watts Atelier strive to provide our students with the highest quality online art education available. With that in mind, we are announcing a brief delay in our new content launch for September. Our Figure and Head Quicksketch courses and new specialty classes will be available a week from their original launch date,… Continue reading