Juliette Aristides
Sottobosco, Paintings of the Forest Floor in Still Life
Dates: August 14-16
Tuition: $690
Skill Level: All Levels
Ordinary objects become compelling subjects when looked at through the eyes of an artist. Still life painting has long served both as an independent artistic tradition and a useful practice for helping painters develop technical skills. In this workshop, students explore the painting process in a unique way by creating a small-scale still life in oil, working from life. Emphasis is placed on core principles—composition, proportion, value structure, and color relationships—through a clear, sequential methodology rooted in classical practice.
In an unusual twist of still life we will be sketching part of every day outside. Creating a close up 'still life' from the forest. This genre is called sottobosco, paintings of the forest floor, which nods to the 17th century Dutch Golden Age. We will be focusing broadly on composition in these studies. You can bring some of your natural objects into the studio to do a painting that brings nature into the studio. Daily individual critiques provide focused guidance, helping each student refine their approach and bring their painting to a thoughtful finish. The intimacy of the workshop will allow for discussions on the nature of art and painting. Whether you are a beginner or more advanced artist, leave the workshop with a renewed confidence, a greater understanding of picture making and a renewed love of making art.
In addition to the materials list provided, please also bring a fold up chair and sketchpad.
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Meet the Artist
Juliette Aristides
Juliette Aristides is a Seattle based painter who seeks to understand and convey the human spirit through art. Juliette teaches workshops both nationally and internationally, and founded the Aristides Atelier online through Terracotta. Author of Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice, Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice, Lessons in Classical Drawing and Lessons in Classical Painting, published by Watson-Guptill, NY. Aristides is the founder of the Classical Atelier at the Gage Academy of Fine Art in Seattle, WA and instructed there for over two decades. Vice President and Cofounder of the Da Vinci Initiative. Providing artistic training to public school educators nationally. Aristides frequently contributes to Artist & Illustrators and Artists Magazine. Her work has been featured in magazines such as Art Connoisseur, American Art Collector, American Artist and Gulf Connoisseur Magazine. She exhibits in one person and group shows nationally including a solo exhibition, “Observations” at the Reading Public Museum of Art in Reading, Pennsylvania (2014).
Aristides acquired a rigorous education on the principles of classical realism, beginning her studies in 1988 under Myron Barnstone in Design Systems. She continued to study drawing and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, then at The Atelier in Minneapolis in the tradition of Richard Lack. This work was followed two years of instruction at the National Academy in New York with Jacob Collins, while also receiving instruction from Carlos Madrid. Juliette spent a year working with a small group of students at Jacob Collins’ studio prior to becoming a founding member of the Water Street Studio in Brooklyn, New York.
Juliette received both the Wilder Prize for Drawing and the Albert Hallgarten Traveling Scholarship while studying at the National Academy of Design. She is also a recipient of the Elisabeth Greenshields Grant. Her work can also be seen under the living masters gallery on the website for The Art Renewal Center.
