Art, learning and creativity 🐦⬛ Welcome! My name is Julie, I'm an entrepreneur, artist and online art student from France. Here I share my artistic journey, tips and thoughts on the creative process. If you like what you see here and want a closer look, you can follow me on Instagram and, where I share snippets of my process daily.
It's slightly smaller than A4, here are the weight and dimensions from the website: Easel dimensions : 29,5 x 20,7 x 0,9 cm (11,6 x 8,15 x 0,35 inches) Weight : 205g
Thank you for taking time to comment! If you have an NMA subscribtion I think it's definitely worth a look, it's going to give you practice for a lot of concepts that are covered in the earlier classes. And they're just sketchbook studies 😊
Bonjour Julie, j’aime beaucoup suivre se que tu fais et tu as finis par me donner envie de m inscrire aux cours ! Je suis désolé de te de poser se genre de question mais avant de m’inscrire j’aimerais savoir si les vidéos sont bien tous sous titré en français ? Je me débrouille en anglais mais pas au point de suivre un cours complet. Merci a toi pour partager tes vidéos très intéressantes et motivantes. ❤
C'est avec plaisir ! Et une très bonne question question à poser... Malheureusement non, tous les cours ne sont pas sous-titrés en français. Je viens de re vérifier, pour l'instant les cours qui ont des sous-titres traduits sont : Drawing Foundations I Drawing Foundations II Drawing Foundations III Drawing Foundations IV Fundamentals of Drawing and Perspective Je pense que les trois premiers cours du catalogue (Drawing Foundations I et II, et Fundamentals of Drawing and Perspective) remplissent plus d'un mois d'études, donc vous pouvez essayer de prendre un mois d'abonnement pour tester. Si à la fin de ces cours vous vous rendez compte que ce sera trop difficile sans les sous-titres, vous aurez quand même appris beaucoup. Fundamentals of Drawing and Perspective est un de mes cours préférés 😊 En français on m'a recommandé www.apprendre-a-dessiner.org mais je ne l'ai pas personnellement testé. C'est fait par un ancien professeur de Émile Cohl et cela ressemble à un équivalent français de la méthode Drawabox. Le fonctionnement du site est différent, on achète des cours plutôt qu'un abonnement... Je pense que NMA est la meilleure option mais si l'anglais est un gros blocage, après les cours traduits à NMA, c'est vers ce site que je me tournerais. N'hésitez pas si vous avez d'autres questions !
@@Julie.Miette Merci pour ta réponse ! C’est bien se que je pensais pour les sous titres, j’avais vérifier plusieurs extraits vidéos au hasard et il n’y y avait pas les sous titres partout. C’est pas grave je vais déjà faire les premiers cours et sûrement continuer avec les sous titres anglais. Je me débrouille en anglais mais pas a l’oral, j’ai du mal a le comprendre mais je le lis sans trop de difficultés. Les cours ont tellement l’air d’être qualitatif que j’ai envie de tester de toute façon ! Merci pour avoir pris le temps de me répondre et j’attends ta prochaine vidéo avec impatience ! 😘
It's a HAHNEMÜHLE D&S sketchbook, this particular one was given to me by my mother but it's easy to find in Europe (Gerstaecker and other art store chains carry it).
Hi Julie! I love your videos and really relate to you. I have been interested in joining nma for quite a long time now (1 year+) but i didnt have the time until now. I have read on their website that as of August 1st 2024, they dont offer free feedback on assignments (while following the interactive tracks). I honestly find that change to be a huge turn off for me and i feel like subscribing would be a waste of money and time (sorry). The token system isnt to my liking at all but i would like to know your opinion on this. Do you still recommend people to subscribe if we wont get feedback (without paying extra)? I think i already know what your answer is going to be but i am very very doubtful of this new change. Thank you in advance, and for these wonderful videos.
Thank you for your comment! And you don't have to be sorry. I totally get you, the token system changes a lot. If you want to get feedback on assignments, it's going to be more expensive now than it was (and still is) for me, and that's unfortunate. I am in a privileged position as I don't have to pay for tokens until my subscription expires. I did the math, and had I needed to pay for tokens, I couldn't have afforded to move through the courses as fast as I did. I feel very lucky, but at the same time people who joined before I did had even better deals. I still wholeheartedly recomment NMA. It doesn't change anything to the quality of the education (actually some of their new offers improve it), and regardless of the price I don't know anything that compares. On top of that I think the tokens and different level of critiques are fairly priced and if you have the discipline to follow the courses, they provide more value than you could get elsewhere for the same price, as far as I know. I still recommend the most basic subscription, it's more than enough to get started. If you can afford tokens to submit your assignments, it adds a lot of value (especially now the new "video tutoring" option where you get a draw over of your assignment, I still have to try it out but I heard great things about it from other students). If you can't afford tokens, here's what I would do: - there's a study buddy club on Discord, you could join it to get feedback from other students currently doing the same class, and / or ask for critiques from the community - do all the assignments no matter what, and save them somewhere: maybe you'll be able to afford tokens at some point and you'll want to submit them to get certificates for the courses If you stil doubt (and this is my advice no matter what) just get a month of sucbsciption to try it out, it doesn't engage you to anything. I hope you can find the best option for you to study art now that you have time 😊
Oh no problem at all! I'll go listen to her to have an idea! I don't speak German at all but we probably have a lot of sounds in common. Historically French is Latin that got mispronounced under German influence (with a lot of other phenomenons of course).
Je viens de m'inscrire en "basique" -- grâce à tes vidéos 😊L'abonnement live est clos (et ne se justifie pas vu mon temps disponible pour le moment). Mais : je ne vois aucune option pour soumettre mes "assignments" sans acheter des "tokens". Je pensais qu'on pouvait soumettre sans recevoir de critique, juste pour prouver qu'on a bien fait le boulot du cycle "Foundational drawing" avant de suivre un cours pour lequel ce serait un pré-requis. Merci à toi (et, bravo pour le chemin parcouru).
Merci beaucoup ! Je pense que l'abonnement live ne reviendra pas, il incluait le group coaching et les cours live, mais ces deux offres sont remplacées par de nouvelles offres avec les tokens. Malheureusement l'offre pour les critiques des devoirs a évolué et est devenue payante (elle était gratuite en phase beta), 1 token pour une critique de devoir et la possibilité de demander un certificat pour le cours une fois tous les devoirs soumis. Il n'y a pas d'option pour simplement valider un devoir sans avoir de critique, mais si vous faites les cours sans critiques vous pouvez très bien accéder aux vidéos du cours suivant, personne ne demandera de pré requis. Avec le nouveau système il y a aussi la possibilité de soumettre n'importe quel devoir pour n'importe quel cours, il n'y a plus besoin de tout faire dans l'ordre. J'espère que c'est un peu plus clair ! C'est une grosse période de changement.
@@Julie.Miette Merci beaucoup, je crois enfin avoir tout compris entre ce que tu présentais il y a quelques mois et ce que j'ai trouvé en arrivant. Pas impossible que je te pose de nouvelles questions de temps en temps. Bon boulot à nous tous ! 😉
Beautiful as always. Thank you for sharing with us your art journey! How much time do you spent everyday in watching the lessons and making the assignments? Do you rest on weekends?
Thank you! I work from home and combine my online shop, this RU-vid channel (1 day of work per week), studying at NMA and other projects. I try to rest on Sundays, lately I have been working 6 days a week, everything combined. Some days I don't study at all, when I'm making a video for example. On days when I study, it can vary... It's easier for me to give you a weekly estimation. I think on average I spend around 20 / 25 hours working on NMA classes. Some classes are heavier on assignments, others heavier on video content, lately with Dynamic Sketching I spent most of that time on assignments. But if you were talking about this course specifically, the video lessons were 2 hours per week and I spent between 1 and a half and 3 hours doing the assignments depending on the weeks. ☺️ I was working on other courses at the same time.
Your art is very pretty and so is your sketchbook work. I find markers to be difficult too. I have forced myself to use them for value studies so I understand the purpose but every overlap makes that shaded line and it’s difficult to get motivated. I do find pencil work to be fun and easy. I’m trying a new Gouache brand because of streaking I was getting with my first 2 brands. So far, I find watercolor to be the most fun and something where the practice will bring results. I am persisting in landscapes myself because I like painting outside. Nature is more beautiful than I can portray with my art but it is fun. Merci beaucoup.
Thank you! I get what you mean with the overlapping with markers. It's better with alcohol markers, before it's dry you can kind of make a wash and it will even out and blend together... I just find the smell and feeling unpleasant, and it bleeds through some papers. I find a lot of joy drawing outside too, although I have been focusing on statues and botanicals 😊
I am curious if the program has students using reference photos for the drawing fundamentals courses or if students must find the objects and set up the still life with lighting themselves?
For all assignments where you work from references, those are provided with the lessons (even if your subscription doesn't grant you access to the image library, you still have the assignment references). There is one still life in Drawing Foundations I for which you have to setup the still life yourself, and putting it together is part of the assignment. Otherwise references are provided, although for some assignments you are welcome to work from life and take a picture of your reference if you submit your assignment, so the TA can see it too. In all cases it's written in the assignment PDF. 🙂
I use egg tempera. I've been using it about a year and some change. Everyday feels like the first time I'm using it with how much I learn. Koo Schadler's book is a great recourse. Sad to see how niche the medium it. Love the accent btw. Makes you more authoritative on matters of fine arts.
It is difficult. Steve Huston had a great suggestion in one of his courses, that is to simply aim for 5mn a day. Don't aim for more, and if you skip a day, on the next one don't try to make up for it, just try to draw for 5 minutes; as you build the habit and get into the drawings this may increase naturally, enjoy it, but don't ask yourself for more.
Fascinating journey through the sketchbook. It was absolutely no surprise regarding the delightful results of your pen drawing studies from Alphonse Mucha - knowing that you greatly admire the Art Nouveau period, must have felt right at home! What really caught my attention was the small study next to the Rodin sketch (23:36) - I think I recognise it: it appears to be a copy of the Capitoline Aphrodite. If there is an amphora next to her with a cloth draped on top of it, then it's certainly that. The pose is very similar to the neoclassic Venus Italica (can be even considered a gesture continuation) - only the cloth is held by the goddess in the Italica version, usually with a small and decorated box or amphora beside her. This is why I'm guessing your sketch to be the Capitoline. I enjoyed your tour with the detailed and honest explanation, and am looking forward to your next video. Have a great week and let Art flow freely! 🤟🎨
Thank you! Yes it's definitely one of the pages I enjoyed doing the most, I wish I could get my hands on a book of his drawings and studies to study... You're correct for the statue! Here she is: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Aphrodite_du_Capitole.jpg Have a great week too, and thank you for your thougtful comment 😊
Thank you so much for this video! I have seen people using this set up but didn’t know what it was called. I’ve been working with my gear on the ground all around me and this will be an improvement. I’ve ordered it and can’t wait to use it.
Julie thanks for another great video and I am looking forward to the new videos that you mentioned. Your art is wonderful and having followed your NMA sketchbook closely (which is amazing), it is inconceivable that you aren’t thrilled with your dynamic sketching output which has given the rest of us so much joy. I do however love your honesty and it helps to keep everything in perspective for the rest of us.
Thank you Denise! 🙇🏻♀️ I feel bad for not liking them when people seem to enjoy them so much, but I can't change the way I feel... I'm still learning and making progress, there are things I could apply to sketches that would be more like me.
hii just found ur channel! really loved the way you were so open about the classes, your approaches and loved to see the drawings! it would be great if you posted the video about organizing to study on our own, this is a main difficult for me
Excellent journal once again with a wide-scaled art progress presentation. Fantastic how you keep at it to stay consistent and within focus despite the summer break for some courses at the academy, and overcoming difficulties that arise regarding materials or anything else. Your analysis and opinions regarding the different ball-point pens was interesting indeed. Each and every page from your studies and sketchbooks presented a wealth of commitment and a fascinating insight to your method. Am GREATLY looking forward to your inking process - it is a wonderful medium, I personally love cross-hatching and its ability to give weight, shadow, textures, atmosphere, direction, movement to any composition. Last but not least: HUGE congratulations on reaching 2k (and more) subscribers! I am very sure that number will grow and grow - just like your art journey. Thank you for the video, hope you have fully recovered from the sickness... - and enjoy selecting and purchasing new art materials! 🤟🎨
So far, I haven’t been accepted to full time drawing foundations. I decided to sort out a part-time job so I’ll have some spending money for art materials etc before beginning my classical art education. So I am soon starting a year-long fashion design course so I can sell handmade clothes on Etsy or online as my job while studying art online. I hope to one day get a full education with NMA 🎨
This motivated me to go look for figure drawing options online - one per day sounds so doable, and there are no in person figure drawing classes where I live. You capture movement so beautifully in these! Especially love the figure at 5:13 ... and as someone who's a very hesitant artist, dynamic sketching sounds like what I need, but also scary. Your animals are so expressive, I love them :)
I'm glad it did! Thank you 😊 Don't be scared of Dynamic Sketching... It's going to hurt just the same no matter what 😅 I'm kidding, I hope you enjoy it, it's an amazing class.
Whenever I do any kind of class, my only goal is to DO and FINISH all the exercises! If I just “go with my flow” there would be no point attending the class for me - I am really slow and have the tendency to get sidetracked with details that I probably won’t even need in the final work… 😅 I am far past caring about the aestetics of my class sketches, otherwise there would be none.🤷♀
It's still difficult for me to think that way, I think it's our natural tendency to want to make things look nice... But that's about making the right compromise.
Thank you! I learned figure through different courses and I'm taking ideas from all of them. That was mainly Drawing with FORCE with Michael Mattesi and Dynamic Gesture Drawing with Glenn Vilppu. You can find both of them on RU-vid to get an idea of their approach, that won't be as in depth as the course but Michael Mattesi especially shares a lot. I'm also using ideas from Steve Huston and Joshua Jacobo (you can check out the demo he did for world art day on the New Masters Academy RU-vid channel). I hope that helps! The Reilly method seems very interesting and I can't wait to get into it, but I haven't studied it yet.
Sorry for the response time! Yes, I work the same way from life and from photographs, but I find that my drawings from life are often better... I make more proportions mistakes in them, but they have a feeling that systematically places them above my drawings done from videos or photos. I wish it wasn't the case, that working from a screen would be equivalent, but it isn't.
I've painted with gouache straight from the tube and after it's dry - I dislike using gouache straight from the tube because it is too thick - I have painted some pictures that I like with it when I first started using it, but it's like trying to paint with acrylic paint that has not been watered down. It's very difficult to get detail with it. I've also found that you can reactive it once it's dry because it just sits on top of the paper if it's thick and I always worry that I will ruin a painting by getting it wet again. Recently, I used it like watercolour and I very much prefer the results and it doesn't reactivate if you get it wet again once it's dried into the paper. Of course, if you use it like watercolour, you need to use watercolour paper, but I prefer using it that way.
Thank you, Julie. I’m a 4 Year NMA student. I have just discovered your videos and have now watched several. I really like your open honesty and your work is superb. I envy your drive and progress, of course. I have heard your ‘voice’ in your Discord contributions at NMA but these videos have already been inspiring for me. Not that I feel you present your work to impress, more to share. Yes, it’s exceptional to my eyes but I feel the stage you’re at is just a given for you and you’re just focused on an open and generous account of where you are in your particular journey. A great tribute to the brilliant New Masters’ Academy.
