Book Review: Classical Painting Atelier by Juliette Aristides

One of my favorite art instruction books and one of the most helpful to me in my own journey is Classical Painting Atelier by Juliette Aristides.  My favorite beginning exercise, and one I start my new students with, is found on page 10, warm-and-cool studies.  Simple paintings are executed with ultramarine blue, burnt sienna, and white.  This allows the student to focus on value with the simplicity of having only three piles of paint to contend with.  She also has an excellent, easy to understand explanation of color basics on page 79 and some step by step demonstrations that I highly recommend all my students work through.