Teach Yourself to Draw – the Atelier Method – Florent Farges

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2020-06-01

French Artist Florent Farges explain how you can teach yourself to draw following the Atelier method.

This video is the first of a series of tutorials in which we are going to talk about how you can teach yourself to draw using a method inspired by the Atelier teachings.

Here’s how this new series is going to work:
• Independent episodes: Each episode covers a specific issue but they’re all independent from each other.
• Self-teaching: For each episode, I’ll focus on things you can do to learn on your own and check your progression yourself.
• Follow-along: If you want, you can do the exercise with me by downloading the resources on my website (you’ll find a link in the description below). You just have to print the model and follow the instructions.

This first video is kind of an introduction in which I’ll share the methods I have been using in the past to practice drawing and painting on my own and that I still use every once in a while to keep my skills sharp. I’ll alternate between drawing and painting episodes. The next episodes will have a more technical, step by step approach, but since this is the first one, I think it’s important to cover all the points that can help you get started successfully.

Get the resources and pictures here :

https://www.florentfarges.com/resources/

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About me (bio) :

I am an artist living and working in France. I learned the techniques of the Atelier of the Nineteenth century and now I try to share some of my knowledge with the rest of the world, because I think that beauty still has an important role to play in artistic creation. I do mostly drawing and oil painting, and my goal is always to provide techniques and explanations that can be useful to anyone, from beginners to more advanced artists.

The material I use most of the time (not necessarily in this video) :

Drawing
Equipement
✓ Kneaded eraser
✓ Plumb line
✓ Small mirror
✓ An old synthetic brush
✓ Masking tape
✓ Cutter
✓ Sandpaper or sanding block
✓ Mahlstick or Hand rest (DIY)
✓ Level ruler
Graphite
✓ Pencils 2H, HB and 2B
Charcoal
✓ If available: Nitram charcoals (H, HB and B)
!!! Or, if not::
✓ Square Venetian charcoals Lefranc and Bourgeois
✓ Natural charcoal box (check that the heart of the stick is not spongy and hollow)
Black and white chalk
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
✓ Square Conté noir : HB and 2B
✓ Chalk or pencil holder
✓ Pencil sketch Conté Pierre noire : H and HB
Sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté : Blood and blood Medici
✓ Crayon Polychromos Faber-Castel : sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white