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"While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness." - Gilda Radner

Do you remember Gilda Radner?  I loved her comedic genius and laugh!  What a great quote from her to take with us in our artistic journeys during these days of sheltering in place!

I'm sharing a post from several years ago that I thought would lift your spirits.

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© 2006 Jill Saur fine Art "Little Boy Blue"  all rights reserved

This is a watercolor that I painted when I was on location in Hawaii fourteen years ago.  This was a quick gesture drawing of a little boy that I rendered by the pool. I painted a watercolor wash over the ink.  These types of paintings are quick, fun and very doable when you're on vacation or sheltering in place at home during a pandemic!  

If you don't have watercolor paint, you can order a few tubes online and you can use a plastic plate if you don't have a watercolor palette.  You can also do quick studies on your drawing pad and use colored pencils or minimal acrylic paint to suggest some color.  

You can gesture family members while they're watching television.  I used to do that with my daughter when she was growing up.  Enjoy.  Send me pics of what you do if you venture into this. 

Missing all my students! - Jill

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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. 

When Andrew Wyeth died in 2009, he left behind a body of work that depicts a simpler, yet somewhat complicated time in American History.  He wove together his love for the African American community over the hill from his home, and the farming community just outside his doorstep.

After reading no less than four books on this mans life, I discovered Andrew’s disciplined artistic journey began as a young boy and his respect for the human spirit never wavered.

He is the only artist I’ve ever known who was given unequivocal license to enter the homes of those he knew.  At any time of the day or night, he would enter with canvas, brushes and paint, to render some of his most haunting work of his subjects while they were sleeping, cooking or just sitting and looking out the window.

Several years ago, in Atlanta, GA., The High Museum hosted an Andrew Wyeth exhibit that contained an extraordinarily large body of his work.  Just viewing one of Andrew Wyeth’s emotionally charged paintings was such a powerful experience that seeing such a large body of his work in one place was almost overwhelming.

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.”  

Andrew’s desire was to capture a moment, not a frozen moment, but a fleeting moment.  I suppose that’s why his work is so haunting.  He succeeded! - Jill Saur  

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Andrew Wyeth Painting

Painting Classes Roswell, GA. A Restful Space

"Like blank spaces around words and paragraphs on a printed page, the gap between the sounds uttered by our speech set the boundaries within which words, phrases, and sentences can take shape and morph into images in our minds. Structurally speaking, the pauses in one’s speech pattern are the mortar that keeps the building blocks of language together. Ultimately, how we lay those bricks, and the amount of plaster we employ, is what confers us intelligibility while tagging our unique phonic signature." - Ewandro Magalhaes

I love everything about that paragraph written by Ewandro. You probably already know where I'm going with the thoughts he expressed.  I'm thinking about the spaces between the images in our paintings, the areas where the viewer is able to breathe as their eye moves around the painting.

Below, you'll find Van Gogh's painting of wheat fields.  Although this painting has a lot of movement, there is a beautiful space, a resting place, in the inviting golden fields.

My hope for you during this time of sheltering in place, is that you will find a restful space.

Van Gogh's Wheat Fields

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Beethoven

We can’t breathe tomorrow’s air.  We can only breathe one breath at a time in the moment we live in.

Each breath builds upon the one taken before it.  Every work of art builds upon the one created before it.  Be patient with yourself.  When you learn one thing, then you move on and learn the next thing.  Beethoven didn’t write a symphony the first time he sat down to learn to play the piano.  First, he learned the keys, he learned how to read the notes, and then he started to play other composers works.

With his newfound understanding, Beethoven was able to express the inspiration he felt from other composer’s works by composing his own music.  His tenacious perseverance and genius entertains us to this day! - Jill Saur

Listen to the genius in his work performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Hilary Hahn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cg_0jepxow

Consider your own artistic journey, for it is an abundant one!


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Greetings to all my students! During our lifetime, we're seeing and experiencing an unprecedented event in our country. I hope all of you are doing well. I have students in the medical profession at our local hospitals, and my thoughts and prayers are with you.

I spend my days reading in my studio and working on different projects. I've been taking this time to work on the continuation of my color studies. This is something that all of you can be doing. Right now, I'm simply working on one color at a time. You can paint the color in the first box, and in the boxes below that, you can add a little white. This gives you insight into the full range of values for each hue. It doesn't require a lot of inspiration to do this study, but this study can be the impetus to give you inspiration and ideas for future paintings.

I miss all my students and seeing your smiling faces every week. Please take care of yourselves and I hope to see you all when we get through this time.

I'll leave you with my favorite Psalm.

Psalm 23: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Jill Saur's Color Charts 2020

Jill Saur's Color Charts 2020

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"Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness.  It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind.  As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life." - John Lubbock

I'm so impressed with the work that my students are doing.  Week after week, I'm seeing paintings that are visually stunning. How exciting it is for me to see such growth!

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I've been teaching this week about light masses and atmosphere.  Below is a diagram I made regarding the values that are generally applied to a landscape painting.

We must always remember that the earth is round and not flat like a photograph that we might be looking at.  I'm going to talk about light values from one to ten with number one being the lightest.

Sky values are usually a 1 to 2.  The ground is the second lightest area in a landscape with values around 2-3.  The ground is flat and receives full light from the sun unless there are shadows blocking the light.  Upright objects, such as trees, range in the values from 7-10.  And, say there are mountains.  They should always be portrayed in a convex scheme and they range in values from 4-6.

When you think about from where you're standing, all the way to the  horizon, there are many veils of water droplets in the atmosphere.  This affects light and color.  As objects recede, they become cooler.  As they come closer, they are warmer.  You want to pay attention to this before you even begin your painting.

I recommend that you choose an impressionists painting to study and do a painting from.  You'll learn a lot about color transitions and values.  A Monet landscape would be great to paint.

Let's talk more in class about this topic.  If you missed my teaching on this, I'll get you up to speed.

Thanks, Jill

Diagram by Jill Saur

Monet

Albert Lebourg

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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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"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 current and former students.  I love seeing the diversity of what everyone does!

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If you've experienced the fun of a painting party and you'd like to join a class to learn more about how to draw and paint, please consider signing up for one of my weekly classes.  See my website to read what my students have to say about painting with me.   CLICK HERE

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"Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings, The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul. - Wassily Kandinsky

Talk about causing vibrations in the soul, check out these awesome painting and paintings in the works by my awesome students.

If you've experienced the fun of a painting party and you'd like to join a class to learn more about how to draw and paint, please consider signing up for one of my weekly classes.  See my website to read what my students have to say about painting with me.   CLICK HERE

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If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things. - Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh was one of my favorite artists.  I've studied is life, his works, his struggles and his triumphs.  If you take the time to read any of the letters that he wrote to Theo, I think you'd gain great insight into his genius and you would be inspired to continue on in your artistic journey.

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

If you've experienced the fun of a painting party and you'd like to join a class to learn how to draw and paint, please consider signing up for one of my weekly classes.  Please see my website to read what my students have to say about painting with me. 

To find information about art classes, or to see more of my students work,  CLICK HERE.