Reilly Method and Advanced Fundamentals with Jeff Watts - Draftsmen S4E03
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Man I loved the Draftsmen Podcast. It was great hearing from Stan and Marshall. I know it may not come back but if there's like an episode with an interview every once in a while it'll be great!
Would be cool to interview pros that have gone through your courses as well. Just a thought.
LESSON NOTES
Jeff Watts is the founder of the Watts Atelier and Stan's art instructor. In this special Draftsmen podcast we discuss his own artistic journey, the elusive Reilly method, and more. If you want to learn more about the Reilly Method, check out Jeff’s new course on Proko. You’ll learn the academic approach which emphasizes the use of rhythm, abstraction, and geometric shapes to accurately depict the human form.
Show Links (some contain affiliate links):
Jeff Watts episode of Drawing Basics (coming soon!)
Reilly Method class
Watts Atelier
Caricature Course by Court Jones
Brian Knox
Erik Gist
How to Draw the Head from Any Angle
REFERENCED ARTISTS:
Claude Monet
Nicolai Fechin
Norman Rockwell
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Antonio Mancini
Dean Cornwell
John Singer Sargent
Frank Frazetta
John Asaro
Joaquin Sorolla
Joaquin Sorolla’s studio
Mark Westermoe
Don Greer
Greg Pro
Morgan Weistling
Glen Orbik
Joseph Clement Coll
Bernie Wrightson
Franklin Booth
Charles Dana Gibson
Karl Kopinski
Kim Jung Gi
Sebastian Kruger
Craig Mullins
Richard Schmid
Jeremy Lipking

COMMENTS
Man I loved the Draftsmen Podcast. It was great hearing from Stan and Marshall. I know it may not come back but if there's like an episode with an interview every once in a while it'll be great!
Would be cool to interview pros that have gone through your courses as well. Just a thought.
Being a beginner it's interesting to hear master artist Jeff Watts share his thoughts on his art. I read the Betty Edwards book on Colour and she explained that 9 pure pigments can be used to generate almost any colour. When Jeff explained about scooping up say seven colours and spreading them out would be impossible to recreate, that made me think. it's art. I think in her book for folk like me to understand colour, some rules or guide lines help, the rules are then there to be broken? I like the idea that Jeff's aim has always been to encourage artistic individuality and his art is amazing too. Everybody sees colour differently, everybody's eyes are as different as our faces are unique.
In the past, there weren't alot of resources as you explain, now, there are so many resources avaiable now, it's very easy to get overwhelmed !
I think I take from this, stick with one path, see it through and find your individuality.
But, which path do you start with from all the choices ?
As for AI, it's going to take over and paint in tones of human blood !
Thanks for making this podcast and thanks for the art.
Really good discussion around AI there, appreciate the insight and I like Jeff's attitude towards retaining individual style while mastering technique.
































