The Atelier · The Gym
👁 Train Your Eye
A visual gym for painters. Three wings, one habit: see first, then draw, then colour. Warm up in any wing — your eye keeps every score.
👁 Perception
Before the pencil moves, the eye must see. Squint drills, edge reading, and the honest lies colour tells.
Case files
🕵️ Value Detective
Real objects in color — squint past the color to find the value.
Open nowThe squint
👁 Painter’s Eye
Squint a painting down to its big masses.
Open nowCase files
🔍 Edge Detective
Hard, soft, or lost? Sargent knew exactly which edge to use — and soon, so will you.
Open nowReading marks
🌟 Brushstroke Explorer
Read how each mark was actually made.
Open nowComposition
🎯 Design Dilemma
Trace your eye-path, then see the plan.
Open nowChroma
🎭 Chroma Hunter
Hunt the most saturated note in a field of near-grays.
Open nowChroma
👁 Colour Illusions
Simultaneous contrast and other honest lies your eye tells.
Open now✏️ Drawing
The Focus Glasses wing. Climb the progression, then put each pair of glasses on over a real subject.
The Training Room — the progression
Angles → Proportion → Alignment, with lessons. Value, Negative Space and Steady Hand are on the way.
Enter →Focus Glasses · advanced
📐 Angles
Read the slope of every edge — on Kooper at the easel.
Open nowFocus Glasses · advanced
📏 Measurements
The head is the ruler — find it repeating through a portrait.
Open nowFocus Glasses · advanced
📋 Alignments
Drop plumbs and levels across Kooper in the green chair.
Open nowFocus Glasses · advanced
⟵ Implied Lines
Find the invisible lines in a Sargent — even where the edge is lost.
New · openFocus Glasses · advanced
🦖 Creaturizing
See the abstract shapes as little creatures — the duck glasses.
on the easel🎨 Colour
The world of colour — walk the Munsell lessons, then mix, match and hunt until your palette obeys.
The World of Colour — the lessons
The Munsell Tree · Mixing by the Numbers · The Colour Solid. Learn the language the games speak.
Enter →Mixing
🧪 Mix It
See a color. Find the recipe — pigment by pigment, dab by dab.
Open nowMixing
🍜 Color Chef
Read the recipe. Cook the color in your head before the pot does.
Open nowMixing
⚖️ Value Mixer
Match the value, not the color — squint and land the step.
Open nowPalette
🖼 Paint Match
Mix until your patch melts into a real museum painting.
Open nowTemperature
🌡️ Temperature Detective
Warmer or cooler? The eye knows before the mind does.
Open nowPigments
🕵️ Pigment Detective
Something moved this mix. Name the pigment that did it.
Open nowThe pastel bench
🌈 The Layering Lab
Two pastels and a balance — layer your way to the target colour.
New · openThe pastel bench
✋ Press & Blend
Feather, steady, burnish — match coverage and fusion by touch.
New · openCapstone
🎨 Finish the Painting
A treasure hunt across a masterpiece — match every patch until it’s whole.
on the easelCapstone
Master Challenge
One weekly mix for the brave. Bragging rights included.
on the easelNew drills join the gym as they come off the easel. Squint often, count the white, and trust your eye.
🏆 Leaderboard
Top scores from our students — updated automatically. Finish a game and post your score!