Enlightening Atelier Wisdom Found In a Place You Would Least Suspect.

Greetings and salutations Everyone!

For a quite some time now, I have to admit that I have been mulling over and over again the contents of this post in which I am about to write...and now I suppose is a better time than any!

..During my first year in the Juliette Aristides Atelier (a 4 year long program), I had a wonderful little and enlightening experience that stuck with me in an amusing sort of way.

In this first year of academic training I might add that when one embarks on this kind of strenuous skill based training of classical drawing and painting, considering how it’s structured one must be dedicated solely on drawing for the first year.

During one afternoon in the fall of 2013, we were having a weekly group meeting/discussion on math, design, the golden ratio, and the elements of composition embedded in great classical art.

As you probably could guess, it was an intense and mind blowing discussion as our weekly discussions usually were.

Not only did we discuss on how these “tools” were repeatedly used with such accuracy, but also in how we could use them ourselves.

At the end of the discussion all of my classmates were given charts, templates, reading material, and of course “homework”. This homework was to watch the classic Disney cartoon “Donald in Mathmagicland.”

I just LOVED it!

I’d hate to sound cliche in an elderly context but, they sure don’t make cartoons like they use to! It’s crazy to me in how much valuable and applicable wisdom for drawing and painting is packed within this Donald Duck cartoon.

I have to admit that I actually saw this many moons ago when I was little, but now that I am older and have atelier training under my belt, I believe now I can interpret and fully appreciate its context.

..If you do decide to watch it..please feel free to let me know what you think?

Thanks for reading Everyone!

-James Hansen
https://jameszenartist.weebly.com/