Registration opens 9:00am PT on 8-25-25. View the schedule and register here. New Students If it is your first time signing up for classes, please make an account on our in person portal. Your Watts Online Account information (if you have signed up for Watts Online in the past) will not work. Returning Students If… Continue reading →

The Watts Atelier Bootcamp is our 8-day intensive bootcamp focusing on the drawing and painting techniques that we are known for. Students will have the opportunity to learn general drawing techniques for portraits and figures, as well as gain an understanding of the fundamentals of oil painting. For early news on the next bootcamps, please… Continue reading →

Get ready for new JumpStart Streaming classes! New classes will be posted, and the classes from Term 4-25 will no longer be available. More Information on JumpStart classes here.

Start of in person classes for Term 5-25 at Watts Atelier in Encinitas, CA.

I'm incredibly excited to announce that we're bringing back our Friday Night Lives! For those of you who've been with us for a while, you know how special these sessions are. For those who are new, our Friday Night Lives were our live demos we would stream from either the school or one of our… Continue reading →

Join us for a Friday Night Live with Watts Atelier Instructor Evan Collene! This will be Evan's first Friday Night Live. He will be doing a figure drawing from the live model. See you there! Details Livestream will be available on YouTube directly. Go to YouTube channel. The stream will run approximately 3 hours but… Continue reading →

Join us for a Friday Night Live with Watts Atelier Instructor Travis Wilson. He will be painting a Dean Cornwell Masterstudy.  Details Livestream will be available on YouTube directly. Go to YouTube channel. The stream will run approximately 2 hours but could go slightly longer or shorter!   Access Past Friday Night Lives Here