Painting Classes Roswell, GA.

"Often the most unique, compelling work comes not from a concept or an idea but from a deep, wordless place inside the artist." - Juliette Aristides

I love that quote by Juliette Aristides.  As an artist, I relate to those words.  I suppose that's why I feel like I'm expressing my innermost self when I'm painting and why painting is so therapeutic and personal.

Please enjoy these beautiful works by my awesome, creative, and fabulous students.  I love watching the growth and excitement displayed in each and every one of my classes.

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Choosing A Canvas Size That's In Proportion To Your Photograph

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

Happy Painting! - Jill Saur Fine Art LLC

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Art Class - Roswell - GA. (COMPOSITION)

Below, is a painting by Winslow Homer, one of my favorite artists.  He was a master of composition.

COMPOSITION

In a work of art, composition is the arrangement of visual elements.

Compositional formula's are guidelines to help you arrange the elements of design to create eye-catching paintings.  The following are the most frequently used formats:

1.  The L Format

2.  The S Curve

3.  The Rule Of Thirds

4.  The Golden Triangle

5.  The Circle Format

6.  The Cross Format

7.  The Three-Spot Formula

If you learn these compositional formula's and experiment with them enough, you'll find that your intuitive eye will take over and you won't have to consciously think about them as a formula.

To my students:  Please feel free to ask me about any of these formats.  I'm happy to show you examples. - Jill Saur

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TODAY'S QUOTE

When I'm painting, it's a time for me to silence the part of my mind that gets in the way of me being who God intended.  When I paint, I'm transformed to another world, a better world, a place where creativity and peace flow like a sparkling clear river.  

If you find yourself sitting down to paint and worrisome thoughts want to take over, don't give up.  Stay with it and you'll find yourself slipping into a very wonderful place.  Art truly is therapy for the soul! - Jill Saur

Please enjoy these wonderful finished works, and works in progress, by my awesome students.  To inquire about taking art classes with me, please CLICK HERE.  On my website, you can click on art classes and contact me.

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Painting Classes - Roswell, GA.

"The French impressionist, Monet, painted the same haystack twenty times from one angle, then painted it twenty more times from another angle.  Now, that is real perseverance, the stuff of which great painters are made." -Edgar Payne

I posted that quote because my students often ask me if I think it would be a good idea for them to do a study of one subject.  I always reply that I think it's not only a great idea, but a valuable lesson, one that the great master's capitalized on!

Please enjoy these beautiful works, and works in progress, by my fabulous students.

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Art Classes - Roswell, GA.

"While talent or genius must exist, at best they are merely embryonic factors and no one can guide these into productive artistry without the initiative, perseverance and determination of the student.  To say that the artist is born and not made, is only partly true.  Actually, while it is an important qualification, there is no proof of real worth in talent until it has been developed and expanded by a tremendous amount of serious study and plain hard work." - Edgar Payne

Please enjoy these wonderful works by my industrious, creative, and awesome students! It's very rewarding to watch my students grow and do such beautiful renderings of what they love!

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"Those who do not move, do not notice their chains." - Rosa Luxemburg

When I work on a deeply challenging painting, it's easy to feel a little paralyzed.  As I start moving my brush around the tough areas of the composition, I feel those chains.  However, the chains quickly turn into silk threads and I begin to see something unexpected unfold. The journey of an artist's life is not without difficulties, but nothing worth achieving is ever easy.  - Jill Saur

Below, I'm highlighting Jim's new painting.  Jim has been with me for almost ten years now. I'm so proud of him for stepping out of his comfort zone, and painting this amazing palette knife portrait.  Big smile!

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Painting Classes Roswell, Ga.

"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 build 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 to develop skills to use your imagination.  It takes practice and the acceptance of 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 renderings!  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 on my link.  www.JillSaurFineArt.com.
  
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Painting Class Roswell, GA.

“Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body.”- Wassily Kandinsky

Individual colors have the potential to impact us in deep emotional places.  They can remind us of times in our childhood such as the color of our first bicycle or the color of the ocean when we experienced our first trip to the sea.  The colors that we gravitate to often deeply reflect our very soul.

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

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