Happy New Year From Jill Saur Fine Art

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!  

So, if you know me, you know that I'm usually talking about not trying to be perfect because NOTHING IN LIFE IS PERFECT.  On the other hand, I talk about striving for excellence.

Striving for excellence in art is about expressing yourself using your God given talent, having fun while doing it, and discovering how to be able to put the brush down after your last stroke, exhale, and smile while saying, “It is finished”.

In the process of striving for excellence in art, you're going to do some things that you don't like.  You might call them mistakes.  You won't learn how to do what you do like until you allow yourself to get through the things that you don't like!  Allow yourself to make mistakes because it means that your trying something new!  It means that you're experimenting and challenging yourself.  It means that you're not playing it safe.  That's the secret to getting to the smile part of my quote. :)  Trust me, there's nothing like putting your brush down after that last stroke and smiling and saying to yourself, "It Is Finished".

So, cheers to the New Year.  Cheers to trying new things and never ever giving up!  Thanks to all my students who've made this past year a blessed one.  I have the utmost respect and  appreciation for all your thoughtfulness and kindness.  

I do what I love and I love what I do and I look forward to bringing in the New Year with each and every one of you! - Jill Saur - Website:   www.JillSaurFineArt.com

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Painting Classes Roswell, GA

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius

I love this quote by Confucius.  It reminds me of my dedicated students who give their all when working on their art!  Please enjoy my students work below!

Getting up and going about each day can either be seen as a chore or preparation for a banquet.  When I'm working on a painting, I can only have the best outcome when I'm going at it with all my heart.  

I think this applies to any state of being.  Van Gogh and countless other artists painted when their hearts were happy, sad, and even broken.  They worked through their state of mind and emotions "with all their heart" and they created masterpieces!  Of course they used their knowledge about style, technique and color theory too.  Creating art is about the use of our minds and our hearts and using them to the fullest capacity! 

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