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"Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work." - Albert Einstein

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - Abraham Lincoln

I think it's a two quote week because all that hard work that Albert Einstein talked about can lead to frustration and that's where Abe Lincoln's quote comes in!  I'm so proud of all the hard work that my students have been putting into their paintings.

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 "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." Vincent Van Gogh

If you wanted to build more muscle mass, you'd join a gym and start lifting weights.  Can you imagine going your first day and walking out looking like Mr. America?  Of course not!  You'd realize that muscles are built one workout session at a time, over a period of time.

The same is true with becoming a good artist.  It takes time to train your eye to see what you're truly looking at and what's in your imagination.  It takes practice and accepting difficult challenges.  Nobody goes to the gym for their first session and walks out in prime condition and nobody sits down at an easel for the first time and paints a masterpiece!

Van Gogh became proficient at drawing before he began painting.  Over the course of his short life, he completed over a thousand drawings!  No wonder he said that great things are done by a series of small things brought together!  

Please enjoy these new works and works in progress by my wonderful students.  To see more of my students work, or to inquire about taking art classes, please CLICK HERE.
  
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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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"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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"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."  - Henry Ward Beecher

I love that quote!  What a week of beautiful art and humor.  Speaking of humor, see if you can spot one of my students whose quite a bit of fun to be around.  From one-liners to funny stories, my students keep me smiling throughout the week. Thanks!

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"I like the encouragement I get from doing new things.  I like to feel scared or challenged in the hope that I can pull it off.  That little bit of fear creates an energy that I can channel into the performance." - Joane Whalley

One of the definitions of performance is to render, or to bring to completion.  It involves execution and implementation.  Gee, that sounds like the painting process!  This quote expresses how I feel about painting and especially how I feel about painting new things!

Here are some of the new paintings by my students from this past week.  What a joy to be surrounded by such lovely, energetic, creative and wonderful people!

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"I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse." - Walt Disney

From a mouse to thousands of shows and movies to Walt Disney World!  Big things are born from little packages of ideas that blossom and grow.  Speaking of growth,  I love seeing the growth of my students as they explore and venture into new endeavors!

By the way, WELCOME HOME  MISS L.  We've all been thinking of you and praying for your recovery.  It's so good to see you and have you back this week!  I withhold the names of my students to protect their privacy.  They know who they are!

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"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." - Herman Melville

Even when my students are looking at a photograph, I encourage them to put their own spin on it or think about how they can make it better.  There's a time to imitate when learning and then there's a time to  determine what your own style is and do your thing. I'm so proud of my students for exploring their imagination and creativity to produce beautiful works of art!

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