The McEvoy Atelier of Drawing & Painting For Individual Students: > To Sign Up
We have classical art courses for beginner to advanced students. Each course is comprised of a series of lessons with step by step video instruction, art history references and application activities. Your Membership gives you access to all the courses so that you can move through them at the right speed for your skill level.
Our curriculum is unique in that it is designed to teach 9 years to adults. There is no nudity, so parents can feel free to let their children learn the classical atelier method without the worry of them seeing anything their parents feel that they are not ready for.
Our Courses are specifically designed with Home Based Students in mind, as all courses are formatted for independent learning. Every thirty minutes of on screen video instruction is paired with two hours of off screen student activity, with times depending on the students ability, speed and level of art instruction involved.
EACH LESSON CONSISTS OF:
Watch: Each lesson begins with an instructional video demonstrating the concept being taught. Leading by example, Kevin draws the concept out for you to see while also explaining the reasoning, vocabulary and concepts behind the method. You will find the lesson both approachable and filled with useful information.
Do: In each lesson you will copy whatever concept that is covered in the lesson. We have broken down the lessons into doable parts so you can actually learn the technique which is being taught.
Technique: Each lesson is a building block of skills that are taught one on top of the other so our students are gradually billing up their muscle memory and vocabulary and artifice? understand find so they don’t get frustrated or overwhelmed that they stop.
Art History: Many lessons have art history lessons interwoven into the instruction, and so an Art History Reference page is provided for you to remember all the artists and images. This is intended to give you the context for the concept being taught, in order to provide a well rounded understanding as well as to help you develop. The ability to draw and paint from life is built on the shoulders of the giants, ranging from Michelangelo to Sargent. By incorporating Art History into every lesson you will begin to learn in a very natural way how something as simple as drawing shapes connects to the most influential artwork of the past and also the present.
Vocabulary: Each lesson either introduces new vocabulary, or refers to vocabulary used in prior lessons. The Vocabulary page helps you remember these key terms and concepts
Activity: At the end of each lesson an activity is presented for you to practice what you have just learned. If helpful, you can do the activity while re-watching the lesson. Keep in mind that your activity should take longer than the video length of the lessons I offer. Each activity can take from twenty minutes to two hours, depending on you as an artist, and the speed at which you work. In the art world, there are no points for speed, only for mastery.
Practice: After watching the Lesson students have a practice lesson assigned to them.