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Robert
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A NATIVE OF WEST VIRGINIA, Robert H. Garden graduated from the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, with an MBA in Art. His distinguished 30 plus year career in commercial and fine art has afforded Mr. Garden commissions ranging from museum dioramas to convention center murals.
A PREMIER GALLERY ARTIST, author, lecturer and teacher, Garden is accomplished in both oils and watercolor. Because of limited availability of competent art instruction, either in or out of college, the "Robert Garden Method" of painting was developed and perfected. Robert has been highly successful during the more than 30 years of teaching beginning students and accomplished artists to paint with confidence and to complete a painting in only three hours or less. At the Robert Garden School of Art in Irving, Texas, which Garden established, both adult and children's classes are taught, using the Robert Garden method of painting. It is here, also, that Robert Garden personally trains his art instructors in his specialized painting techniques. Robert Garden is the founder and past president of the Corpus Christi, Texas Art Association. He has won the Silver Cup Art Award (the highest award given), two consecutive years from the Corpus Christi Art Association. He is a lifetime member of the Rockport, Texas Art Association. One of a small and select group of artists entrusted in the restoration and repair of paintings, Robert was commissioned by a Florida gallery to restore a painting, which was valued at Three Million Dollars, demonstrating his competence and credibility.
THE AUTHOR of two books, a video series and CO-host of an instructional painting pilot filmed for public television, Mr. Garden has been featured on national television and prestigious newspapers through the U.S. As a farm boy in West Virginia, Robert began painting at the age of seven. He used his mother's cosmetics and colorful berry juices for paint. His canvases were window shades and scrap materials. His first brushes were made from the hair of his cat and dog's tails. His first painting was sold at a sidewalk art show in Wheeling, West Virginia, for $80.00 when he was eight years old. Robert Garden has since continued to conduct painting workshops, touring throughout the United States and many foreign countries.
Use the links below to download the video files to your computer and then play them. The AVI videos are very large files.
Painting Demonstration Good Morning Texas (257 mb AVI )
Painting Demonstration Good Morning Texas (27 mb WMV)
TV Painting Demonstration (57 mb AVI)
TV Painting Demonstration (7 mb WMV)
Susan Rogers Garden
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Tetons, done with painting knife |
Lighthouse in watercolor |
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MEETING THE DEMANDS of today's microwave society, Rogers' quick-draw methods are popularizing oil painting for hundreds who "don't have the time" or who think they "don't have the talent." People won't even try to paint because they believe it is too difficult ... I want to take art out of the realm 'for geniuses only' ... painting is 90% desire and only 10% talent," she stresses. Ms. Rogers is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Executive Vice President and Senior Instructor at the Robert Garden School of Art in Irving, Texas.
ROGERS REPORTS she has taught her timesaving methods throughout the United States in Paint-Along Workshops to persons ranging in age from 8 to 80. She remembers one 89 year old student who had never painted before. "She cried when she finished her first painting ... because her fourth grade teacher had told her 80 years prior that she had no art talent," she said.
SOME OF THE UNIQUE painting strokes favored by students and labeled with Susan's humorous wit are: "the "EKG" ... zigzagging to make thousands of pine trees in one stroke; the "Brillo" ... scrubbing to create soft billowy clouds; the "Sprout" ... pushing up multiple blades of grass to carpet the canvas. She also uses a fast-dry medium to speed up the drying of the oil by about five times. A special palette arranged according to aerial perspective helps students identify the temperature of each color. "Painting is simply a matter of tricking the eye using hot colors in the foreground, warm colors in the mid-ground, and cold colors in the background," Rogers states.
THIS FOREMOST ARTIST says the purpose behind her demonstrations and classes is not to present painting 'tricks,' but to prove that learning to paint is much easier than most people think. "I like to teach art in a way that anyone can learn, including children. I have a method for literally everyone," she declares. Susan has also shared her rapid painting techniques and hosted a series of programs on public television, one which was entitled "U Can Paint," co-hosted by her husband, Robert Garden.
Use the links below to download the video files to your computer and then play them. The AVI videos are very large files.
complete Pallet Knife Painting (674 mb AVI )
Pallet knife Painting Part 1 (12 mb wmv)
Pallet knife Painting Part 2 (13 mb wmv)
Pallet knife Painting Part 3 (13 mb wmv)
Pallet knife Painting Part 4 (13 mb wmv)
Pallet knife Painting Part 5 (13 mb wmv)
Pallet knife Painting Part 6 (13 mb wmv)
Pallet knife Painting Part 7 (19 mb wmv)
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