For those who studied at Atelier

>>3112955
Speaking as a current student.

>was it a good environment to learn
It's a great environment full of people who show up because they want to show up and not because their parents want them to get a degree as an accountant or a lawyer.

The hours are far more conducive to developing both physical needs as well as mental ones - doing art work to the "classical standards" takes time and you need to come to terms with it. You get over the frustration through experience.

Teachers/Instructors are very knowledgeable and do lots of individual demonstrations and C&Cs.

>is their method a good way to learn to draw

It's a good method to learn to draw, learn to see, learn to correct yourself and a host of other things.

>I am planning to go through the same regiment although on my own, because I can't pay for a school. Is it worth the time and dedication?

You will find it hard to self-correct, and there's discipline and other issues involved especially if you work better in a setting that you associate only with doing work.

My honest advice would be to try to get a job, save up enough money for 2-3 years of atelier, and then show up and grind through it.

Failing that, see if you can forage enough money for one month of Watts Atelier ($199 i think?) or New Masters Academy ($99) and a 1TB hard drive, and just rip as many videos as you can.

There are also a lot of books that can guide you through doing things in the "classical" way. You can find some of these in the Art Books thread:

https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Classical-Drawing-Essential-Techniques/dp/082300659X/

https://www.amazon.com/Classical-Drawing-Atelier-Contemporary-Traditional/dp/0823006573/

https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Atelier-Figure-Classical-Style/dp/1440342857/

https://www.amazon.com/Lumen-Picturae-Classical-Drawing-Manual/dp/0062048880/

https://www.amazon.com/Cast-Drawing-Using-Sight-Size-Approach/dp/0980045401/

And so on and so forth.