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Lessons in classical painting, juliette aristides by med. A traditional approach to landscape painting thomas kegler fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together john ruskin hand technical skill and process developed over time head knowledge learned through observation, experience and study. We know about them partly because the romans copied them. Classical drawing atelier is an atelier in a bookand the master is juliette aristides, a classically trained artist.
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