Painting Class Roswell, Ga (What Do You Love?)

WHAT DO YOU LOVE?  I'm talking in the realm of art.  I wrote this back in 2010.  It expresses my lifelong love affair with painting. 

For The Love Of Painting  By Jill Saur

I love picking up a blank white canvas.  I love contemplating the possibilities of what will emerge when I let myself go.

I love the musing of which brush I will select, or which brush will select me.  My brushes are like old friends with whom I am very familiar, yet I still find delight in what they are capable of doing.
I love picking up my palette knife. It is the instrument that will facilitate the mixing and dividing of hue, as well as the application of rich, dramatic texture that will bring my paintings to life.

I love opening the jars of paint.  Their rich, lustrous hues remind me of how they’ve impacted my life. The vivid blues speak of my first bicycle, and the shimmering waters of the ocean at dawn.  The golden yellows ignite memories of the sun rising over the great expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.  Painful or pleasing, color is deeply interwoven into every synapse of my being.

I love the way the first stroke of paint glides across the canvas, and I love the way I can feel the texture of that canvas through the vibrations in my brush.

I love stepping back to become an observer, and waiting until the painting reveals what it needs before I proceed.

I love when light and shadow and form begin to emerge from the canvas, and take on a life of their own.

I love what painting teaches me about life, and I love what life teaches me about painting.  I love that I can paint what I feel, and I especially love how I feel when I paint.

I love that the painting experience lightens pain, and gives wings of flight to fettered human limitations.

I love the way painting causes me to look to a source greater than myself for inspiration and guidance.  And, when I get to the end of a painting, I love that I know when I’ve made the final stroke that enables me to say, “It is finished”.

I love knowing that although I cannot sing with my voice, my paintings are like a song that will resonate through the years, even after I’m gone.  

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HOW WELL DO YOU SEE COLOR?  

One of my students shared a Pantone online test with me.  Based on the Farnsworth Munsell 100 Hue Test, it shows how well an individual sees color and value changes. There are four lines with boxes of colors.  The first and last box are fixed.  You have to move all the rest of the colors around and put them in the right order to go with the first and last color.

I recommend scrolling the test to the top of your screen where you will only see the first row of colors.  Put a piece of white paper over the boxes below so that you can just concentrate on one line at a time.  After you submit the test, be sure to put your age and gender in the information box.  Have fun!

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"Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up." - Pablo Picasso

I have a number of students who are delving into palette knife painting and their doing a great job! I also have a number of students who are doing studies of Vincent Van Gogh paintings.  It's a great study to help in the area of loosening up and showing movements in the painting.

Hope you're all having a great week.  I look forward to seeing more finished works coming up this week.

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"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude." Friedrich Nietzsche

Please enjoy these beautiful new works from my wonderful students!  Hope you're all having a great week.  Fall is upon us.  It's a great time of year to pull out your cameras and capture some of the beautiful leaf changes.  You might get some shots of subject matter that you'll want to paint!

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"Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary, it is a really attractive quality." - Alanis Morissette

All of these paintings have something in common.   Everyone tried something new!  Don't you love the results?  I do.  Whether it's a new subject or style of painting, trying something new is a great way to make new discoveries with your art.  As an artist, I'm still learning and growing by taking risks and branching out in new directions.  It's all about the journey!

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