Wallhangers - Watts Weekly

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Jeff goes in to more detail, showcasing the current group of wallhangers at Watts Atelier's brick and mortar location. Getting a drawing on the wall is a goal of many students and a rite of passage for ones who have been a part of the school.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
[00:00] - Intro
[00:16] - The Lineage and History of Wallhangers
[01:50] - Tour Starts
[04:13] - The Other Side
Do you want to improve your figure drawing? Anatomy? Portraits? We would appreciate you stopping by the Watts Atelier website to see all the teaching that we offer. From courses on the Reilly Method, Figure Drawing, Bridgman Anatomy and Structural Drawing to portrait and figure painting we have you covered. Our Online school provides students of all levels with a solid curriculum to follow that will take you from a beginner artist to a highly proficient and if you have the dedication, a professional. Learn from illustrators and artists Jeff Watts, Erik Gist, Lucas Graciano, Ben M. Young, Meadow Gist, Robert Watts and more. We cover a wide variety of materials, mediums and techniques that you can use to help your learning. We hope to see you there!
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@peckerdecker 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful drawings. Just shows the huge amount of _great talent_ that's in the world and shows many talented people who are undiscovered. These *unknown artists* _are_ as good as the professionals. Thank you

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

It's all just getting the proper training, and learning to draw properly in a lot of cases is the first step to becoming a successful working professional. A lot of people who are great artists end up working in the entertainment industry doing concept design for games and movies and there is an immense amount of great talent in those fields.

@Pencil0fDoom 2 жыл бұрын

its hard work and study more than talent folks

@EddyfyingArt 2 жыл бұрын

The walls show why YOU are top notch as a teacher. Cheers!

@ragecandy 2 жыл бұрын

5:40 the shadow groupings on that one omg

@azalea1404 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jeff. You should consider collecting the best student drawings into a book. Perhaps an annual publication of student work. I think many budding artists around the world, who can't attend the classes, would buy such a book. PS. My favorites are at 07:23 and 07:29. The artists have really captured the sitters' personality + they are perfectly rendered.

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

The figure at 7:23 was Jeff's and 7:29 is Jim Hahn. We have thought about collecting some of this stuff into a more book like format for people. After the venture into publication with the first volume of the Watts on Bridgman book I think something like that is more approachable for us now. The never-ending list of project ideas keep growing!

@benjaminmiller3075 2 жыл бұрын

Please keep doing this. I am a full time stay at home dad and as soon as he gets into school, in a few years, I dream of starting the online program.

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

Go for it! Doing a little fun sketching on the side can always be fun too.

@johnwilkins3995 2 жыл бұрын

So good, great to see drawing so intensely studied.

@timblass4811 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Let your phenomenal artistry speak for itself, you don't need to tell us how good you are. We know 😆

@vartanarakelian4643 Жыл бұрын

Dear Watts it is astonishing how you train your students reaching in drawing level to become another expert. By looking at those students works and yours, I am at the first page of human body drawing and at age of 76 I would work hard untill I get to that point. Thanks for sharing.❤❤❤

@RubyOnyxx 2 жыл бұрын

This is pretty inspiring I am enjoying the uploads from this channel

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we are trying to be a little more consistant with it this year and going forward. So much we have still yet to share!

@vloopyart 2 жыл бұрын

6:50 That is my absolute favorite one.

@m.j.9627 2 жыл бұрын

Why do you choose that one?

@vloopyart 2 жыл бұрын

@@m.j.9627 The detail the rendering and the hair is amazing.

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

That's Ben M. Young. Check him out on Instagram @ben_m._young, he's been teaching at the school for 16 or 17 years at this point. That drawing is probably from a decade ago or longer.

@brucenunn3268 2 жыл бұрын

I am planned on taking this School this Winter. When things slow down at work. Phenomenal Work.! 👊😎

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to having you in!

@jennifergottliebel-azhari149 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible drawings what a privilege to see. I wish an amazing artist who does amazing work will not do it on newsprint though. It deserves to be treasured for a long time.

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

For Watts, the newsprint is a stepping stone, a training method. You do most of your learning on it since it is cheap, handles nicely and is effective. All these drawings are for learning, what is important is where you take that learning and what you do with it. That being said, there are some ways that you can preserve the newsprint through different types of de-acidifying sprays and things like that.

@ArteDelDiablo 2 жыл бұрын

True art 👌

@glynstimpson 2 жыл бұрын

Great art inspiration al

@IndustrialMindedArtist 2 жыл бұрын

First! I love Watts Atelier!

@zsquigly3791 2 жыл бұрын

What a name

@IndustrialMindedArtist 2 жыл бұрын

@@zsquigly3791 I train in the Watts Online program, hopefully I will live up to the name one day.

@abhijitdebnath4718 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos ❤️

@levisimpson516 2 жыл бұрын

I really wish I could go there. I think at some point I may have to try one of your online courses and pair that with going to the life drawing group my girlfriend runs, which hopefully we will be starting up again soon. It would be amazing to have some kind of feedback though, I haven't had solid feedback on my art in so very very long. Haha. Great stuff, love the videos, and love the Bridgman book you put together, I just got that recently and look forward to going through it. :)

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that sounds great. Getting into a life drawing group or class is really important. You can draw from photos all day, but something about drawing a 3d object and translating it to a 2d drawing really helps ingrain the forms in your memory and understanding.

@lolathelivingdoll 2 жыл бұрын

elite

@ediesedgwick4462 2 жыл бұрын

Is graphite pencil as good as charcoal at preparing one to learn how to paint?

@jelellyy 2 жыл бұрын

No, the variety of strokes(width, tapering) and range of values you get from charcoal pencils do a better job of bridging the gap towards using a paintbrush. Your charcoal pencil can be thought of as a really cheap brush. BTW I've never oil painted, this is a summary and my interpretation of Jeff's take on it. My take based on using graphite, charcoal and watercolor is that charcoal falls in between leaning slightly more towards graphite.

@UnbeltedSundew 2 жыл бұрын

Basically as George said. I would add that vine charcoal is probably the best place to start if you are seeking for an intermediate step between painting and drawing. But really if you are using oils you can just draw with them as well, look up a technique called grisaille, which ranges from basic one colour to more complex light and shadow additions. If you want to learn painting I honestly think it's best just to start paining, if you want to learn observation of form and values then charcoal is more clear for that.

@ediesedgwick4462 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, guys! 👍

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

I would agree with this. We call grisaille "Pickout" at the school and like you've said it's basically like drawing with oil paint. But yeah, the best way to start learning to use paint is to just paint.

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

Also, graphite can work as well. At the end of the day, it is really about though process and approach more so than a specific material. If all you have is access to graphite, then just use that and don't obsess about it. But we use charcoal mostly because it's quite a bit easier to get a wider range with just one pencil as opposed to having to have several different hardnesses for graphite. It is also to get a little more loose and painterly with charcoal than with graphite. The way we use charcoal is very controlled though, it's not like we are using a lot of vine characoal or anything. The Wolff's Carbon 6B and Conte 1710 B that we use are almost like a charcoal/graphite hybrid in a way.

@TheAzhighwayman 2 жыл бұрын

Who owns that big bad black azz car??? probably jeff

@wattsatelier 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, yeah that was the old Jeep. It's gone at this point but that thing was like a tank!

@edgarquinones6673 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work I could appreciate better if your cameraman didn't suck.

@earth355 2 жыл бұрын

Some of em not really top quality

@maestroadirigir1216 2 жыл бұрын

PYW

@earth355 2 жыл бұрын

@@maestroadirigir1216 what

@earth355 2 жыл бұрын

@@Anon-nc5hs in comments?

@bm4114 2 жыл бұрын

I think they are just trying to tell you that your comment was on the nasty side. Did it NEED to be said? What did you stand to gain by saying it? Would you say it to his face, or their faces. You say it with no evidence of what your critiques are. In other words, non constructive, just bitter.

@earth355 2 жыл бұрын

@@bm4114 yea ofcourse we can't say if we see trash art?. I was definitely not intending it as a criticism