Rees Atelier

11/02/2021

The new show is up at Maquoketa Art Experience! This retrospective exhibition by new Maquoketa resident Timothy Rees features 57 paintings and a variety of drawings from his first decade of painting. The show runs through the end of December, with an artist reception from 4-8 pm December 5th. Stop by to check it out and experience the work in our brand new beautiful lighting system!

01/01/2018

Demonstrations for the Painting Instructional Videos- the videos are all done!!! Stay tuned as we finalize the textbook and prepare for distribution!

07/03/2017

July 8th @ 5pm- come to The Grand Opening of Rees Atelier, the best artificially lit art school in the world, and the only place in Arizona to follow the classical curriculum of realist drawing/painting! The event is free, so bike, train, drive, skydive, ride an elephant- whatever it takes- to make it over! Live music, refreshments, giveaways, and more! Tell a neighbor, bring a friend. 1833 W Main St, Ste 115 Mesa AZ 85201

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05/19/2017

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N2NKI27/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I31I9WKFHLCH5Y&colid=2678M7W8DXO5L. This light comes with a batter pack!

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05/06/2017

Stretching/preparing large canvases today starting around 930/10ish

05/04/2017

Tips for taking your open studio drawing to the next level (this was a student open studio drawing we worked on in class for about 5-10 minutes).
1. Reduce information (value, edge, noise) in the shadow (stump it down)
2. Add a few subtle values in the light side. There should always be more information and value in the lights than the darks. In this case, added with a stump.
3. Strengthen your core shadows (with a 2B, the core shadows on the forehead, cheek, and nose are deepened.
4. Address all the hard edges (form in front of form and cast shadows) and create a hierarchy to ensure variety.
5. Don't forget to keep your mouth relatively soft.
6. Ensure that highlights (not center lights) read as harder edges.

05/02/2017

Painting Students- don't forget to bring your still life objects!

04/27/2017

This is the underpainting white and underpainting medium that should completely dry within 30 minutes to allow top layers. Use for closed grisaille or ebauche. They're made by Rublev, order online through their natural pigments site. For open grisaille, just use thinner.

04/27/2017

CPC students- don't forget your references for dark skinned legs!

04/26/2017

Rechargeable battery/charger for the cn-160: 17.99 on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00GCDHTT4/ref=psdcmw_11041791_t1_B0111OSVJU

04/26/2017

Recommended light on Amazon (the cn-160)- $32.99. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004TJ6JH6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493183392&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=neewer+cn-160&dpPl=1&dpID=51gHdZ34gzL&ref=plSrch