TARGET AUDIENCE: Artist, designer, painter, art student, amateur with regular artistic practice. I am a professional painter-plastic artist registered at the Maison des Artistes, I offer study sessions, exchanges and artistic sharing, to improve and consolidate your skills in drawing / painting according to observation. A solid academic artistic foundation lays the foundation for personal artistic expression, realistic or abstract. THE METHOD Through personalized support, we will review the fundamentals of the practical techniques and academic bases of drawing and painting, from the research sketch to the finish, to adapt them to each of your projects and artistic achievements. My progressive pedagogy is the synthesis of my artistic, personal and professional experiences and of the various pedagogies which I was able to approach in particular the academic method (BARGUE) of the school of Paris practiced from 1880 to 1950. THE FUNDAMENTALS : -THE SHAPE: Measurement (proportions), the basics of construction (simplification and geometrization of volumes, surfaces, plans; perspective) -VALUES: Analysis of light and shadows, perception of values, differentiation of contours for a realistic rendering of volumes. - COLOR: Perception, color analysis. The different techniques and topics covered are: -Drawing in graphite, charcoal... - The painter's materials (colors, binders, mediums, brushes), the limited palette (learning to master his colors and mixtures), the progression of the work (from the sketch to the grisaille to the finish), alla prima technique (paint in the cool) ... Examples of topics: Paint compositions of objects (still life), spaces inside or outside (outdoors). Copies, study after plaster model, live model ...