"You read books to borrow therefrom the force to stimulate your activity... but I read books searching for the man who has written them." - Vincent Van Gogh
The following words are from a book titled, "Windows Of The Soul" by Ken Gire. "There is a story about the famous illustrator and painter Gustave Dore in which one of his students had just finished a painting of Jesus and handed it to him for his critique. Dore studied it, his mind searching for the right words. At last he handed it back to the student. "If you loved Him more, "he said, "you would have painted Him better."
Those words struck a chord with me because I'm usually asking my students, "What do you want to work on next?" I believe it's really important for each student to find what they're passionate about and paint that. If you love the subject matter that you're working on, you're going to be ALL IN! I encourage you to get your camera out and take your own photos. When you find that which you love and you capture it yourself, you're going to have all your senses engaged when you work on your painting.
I've been doing a study of a scene that I came upon while on vacation in Taos, New Mexico. When I'm applying the paint, I can remember the brilliance of the sun, the highlights of the light on the quaking leaves and the sound and smells of the rushing water as it splashed on the rocks in front of me. When I'm painting and I'm ALL IN, invariably, I create my best works. - Jill Saur
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