Sager Studios

Just finished teaching a Gouache workshop
and the students really took to the new medium. Gouache has been around for years and making a big comeback with artists.

I just finished teaching an Abstract workshop last Friday. Here are home work's by the first time Abstract artist.

Did tis one when my daughter lived in Park City.

No matter how smart you are, artist are more creative communacators because they can draw to explain their thoughts. The cave men didn't write, they drew pictures. Sooo, no matter what language you ended up speaking, art is still a universal language. It is just that some artists today haven't got the sense of a slug when trying to communicate.

Geez, that's the truth...😬😉

Had the pleasue of judging the Kay Grainger art competiton again with Kit Hall and Angel Fernandez. Here are som winners. The Sinclaire building was First place. The figure with cat was scond.
The frog, landscapes photo took ribbons too.

Ann Murphey just complete this painting in my Tuesady Class. Ann is a senior citizen who thinks young.

Re organizing my studios and found some earlier works I did in the 80's.

Anyone can paint including elephants and monkies. But not everyone and every animal can draw.

While reorganizing my studio I found some of my high school work I did at the Fort Worth Art Museum with Bror Utter.

Just finished an oil painting of the Hill Country of Texas. 24 x 30"

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As a state judge for VASE, I remind everyone that the grid process is only allow for freshmen artist. I teach using the negative space rather than the grid. When ask how to teach negative space, this is my response:
An example beginning is to have the student stand up and put their hands on their hips. Then explain the negative space is formed by the space between the arms and the body. Next stand with the feet apart and point out the negative shape. I use animals a lot such as horses and dogs to help see the negative space between their legs. Move on to still life objects and put a pattern in all the negative spaces between the objects leaving the objects white or clear. Find figures grouped together such as football players, musicians etc and do the same.

The most challenging thing in water color is to teach the student how to float the color onto the page rather than try to push it into the paper. Better to start with the wet on wet technique to begin a a lesson.

Interesting observations of an artist/educator. The rainbow does not have black or white in it, only primary and secondary colors. White is total light and black is total darkness. They are considered neutrals. Add white to a color and it lightens and dulls the color. Add black to a color and it darkens and enriches it.
Something to have a class discussion on.

When doing commercial work, there is the challenge to make something new look very old. Before the opening of the Stockyards hotel bar, I painted the face of the owners mother Lucile to look aged. (there is also a restaurant named after his mother too. Luciles Bistro. The problem with painting the bar is reparing the portrait every 2 years or so.

POTENTIAL DANGER / WARNING!!
In a press release today, the National Institute Of Public Health has announced the discovery of a potentially dangerous substance found in OIL PAINT and PAINTING supplies. This substance has been linked with the following associated symptoms in humans:
* Reluctance to cook
* Reluctance to perform housework
* Reluctance to work, except in support of painting
* Physical, emotional, psychological & spiritual craving for
free time to paint
*Nonsensical muttering about sketching, figure drawing,
plein air painting
*Unwaivering impulse to purchase paint, canvas, oil sticks,
easels, paper, brushes & vehicles large enough to carry
artwork
*Inability to recognize paints from well... more paints
Beware!!! If you come in contact with a human affected by oil paint & painting supplies, be prepared to talk about composition, styles, color and canvas options ad infinitum, even though no one has asked.
This has been a public service announcement... Scientists who discovered the dangerous substance, said... "Oil paint/painting addiction" is real!!!
The purchasing of paint and canvas can be expensive, addictive, and may impair the ability to use common sense".
One positive side effect, artist that have children and have taught them how to use paint, those children grow up never having enough money to buy drugs.

Camila Delgado finished her bull. Now she has started a cougar.

Chris Everett commision.

Silk scarf I did for the Fort Worth 150 centenial. Boots on history of Fort Worth.

Pastel painting I did from Utah.

Cindy just finished her pastel of the beehive.
I think she has mastered pastels.

My close friend Judy Pelt and I were in Santa Fe eating at a restaurant 15 miles out on the highway. Suddenly desert begin to change with the evening light. We left our food, ran to the car and began taking photos. I painted this one.

Friends
Friends
One of my favorite pet portraits was Tiko.
Never have seen another dog with those eyes.