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My first watercolor teacher was American master, Bud Biggs.  I've read this quote by him to several of my classes.  Here it is again for those of you who may have missed it...

"If you don't make mistakes, you will not grow.  Your work will be better the second time than it was the first.  The better you get, the worse you will think you are, until you take out your first picture and see how far you've come."  Bud Biggs

Please enjoy these finished words and works in progress by my wonderful students.

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Jim is 87 years young.  The entire class is always excited to see what he's going to come up with next.  I wish you could see this in person.  From the front, you might miss the three dimensional effect that he's created.  You can see it from the side shot that I took.  Each figure was drawn, painted, varnished, cut out, and then attached to a mount that he made so that the figure can move.  It's a striking piece!

Please enjoy perusing through these close up photos of different areas of his creation.

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Andrew Wyeth Painting

Andrew Wyeth – American Master Artist  (1917-2009)

He was the quintessential example of a true American artistic genius. He was Andrew Wyeth, my favorite American Artist.  

Andrew’s disciplined artistic journey began as a young boy and his respect for the human spirit never wavered. Andrew Wyeth once said, “I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it, I always want to see the third dimension of something.  I want to come alive with the object.”  Wyeth's desire was to capture a moment, not a frozen moment, but a fleeting moment. 

If you're going to paint from a photograph, it's important to know the difference between a frozen moment and a fleeting moment. It's the fleeting moment that's wrought with feeling!
- Jill Saur

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Below, please enjoy these wonderful works of art by my amazing students.

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CHOOSING A CANVAS SIZE THAT'S IN 
PROPORTION TO YOUR PHOTOGRAPH

If I'm working from a photograph, I show my students how I figure what size canvas I need to make the image much larger and still be in proportion to my photo.

I put my photo in Photoshop and click on "image size".  Photoshop will tell me the current size of the image.  I'll change one of the ratio's to see what the new proportion would be, and so on.

However, most of my students don't have Photoshop.  So, I'm going to share a link with you that will help you determine the canvas size that you'll need.  This link goes to a Giclee maker.  All you need to do is key in the original size of your photo on top and then click on "Calculate".  You'll see the closest whole sizes that your photo will work on if you want to make the image larger.

I hope this helps those of you who don't have a photo program on your computer.  CLICK HERE

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Happy Painting! - Jill Saur Fine Art LLC

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"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." - Aristotle

Please enjoy the wonderful work of my students.  I love seeing the diversity of what everyone is doing!

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

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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