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Work the Book

Sleep

by Juliette Aristides

charcoal on toned

paper heightened

with white, 24x28 “If you want to understand color, you need

to immerse yourself in color,” says Lisa

Solomon, author of A Field Guide to Color:

A Watercolor Workbook (Roost Books).

She then provides a series of enjoyable

watermedia exercises designed not only to

teach color theory but also to make artists

comfortable with applying it. The book’s

paper stock is sturdy enough that the

exercises can be completed on its pages.

In Figure Drawing Atelier: An

Instructional Sketchbook (Monacelli

Press), artist Juliette Aristides, director

of Aristides Atelier at the Gage Academy

of Art, off ers lessons in contemporary

portraiture based on classical art

techniques within a workbook that

includes blank pages. The book becomes

a permanent record of your progress as

your portrait-drawing skills develop.