A special painting of the long pose session environment, by John Mix.

Fall '23 Gallery Night [Left: Owner, Founder, Instructor: Philip Salamone]

In the midst of a long pose session at the studio, so many different mediums and styles!

Long pose session in progress! Sometimes we have a model return for a 2 or 3 session pose.

Packed House at our Fall 2023 Gallery Night

The View from the Model Stand, by Rah Gerg

Current studio, in Commonwealth's Main Street Industries building

Figure Painting Sessions on Location - Yahara Bay Distillers

Clayton Beck from the Palette and Chisel in Chicago giving a demonstration at Atwood Atelier before his workshop. 2015

Our current studio, before move-in. Sept 2021

Some photos from around the studio, during live model sessions, Gallery Nights, workshops, and more.

Fostering growth in the visual arts by educating artists seeking to create drawings and paintings from life, using traditional methods that artists have employed for centuries.

There are several sessions weekly in the studio where students and attendees have the opportunity to draw and paint from life. Variety of models includes nude and clothed, short and long poses.

For more information about instructor Philip Salamone, click here for his personal website.

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Classes

Figure Drawing and Painting Open Studios

The Atwood Atelier offers 4 days/week of open studio figure drawing and painting sessions. Although these sessions are uninstructed, Philip and other moderators will give advice upon request during the breaks.

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Drawing and Painting Program

Our drawing and painting program is intended for people of all skill levels, regardless of the student’s goals or level of commitment. The course begins with exercises designed to introduce the foundational principles of drawing. Students are then offered the option to continue with the program long term, progressing to drawing from life using still lifes, eventually moving into oil paint in black and white and then in color.

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Workshops

The Atwood Atelier offers workshops taught by both local and visiting instructors, focusing on a variety of mediums and subject matter.

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Open Studio Memberships

Atwood Atelier offers drawing and painting sessions with the live model that are open to artists of all skill levels and media.

Figure Drawing and Painting Open Studios