Mandy Theis

I’m an atelier-trained artist and licensed art teacher, and I help people all over the world learn and teach technical drawing and painting skills.

But it didn’t start out that way!

Before I found atelier training, I would panic every time a student asked me to draw something real. I thought realism is something you either had or you didn’t. That some magical art fairy bopped some people on the head and not others.

The truth? I didn’t know how to make something “look real”. I didn’t learn realism skills in my college classes. How could I possibly teach something to my students that I never learned myself?

And then I discovered atelier training.

It turns out there is a method for learning and teaching realism skills. And if you take the time to learn it, you can draw and paint anything you want.

Better yet, you can help students create what is in their heads and hearts without compromise. Now that’s some powerful magic.

And that’s exactly what our Ateliyay! Curriculum is all about.

Our curriculum helps you learn and teach realism skills no matter how confident you currently are about your ability to learn them.

So, the next time you want to make something “look real”, you don’t have to wear the deer-in-the-headlights look. Simply pick the lessons from the Ateliyay! Curriculum that apply.

Then, basque in your glow as you gain artistic confidence. You will even impress yourself!