Issue No. 18

Upcoming Workshops

July 13- 16, 2015, Prescott, AZ

August 27-30, 2015 Michigan

Interested in hosting a workshop? Contact me for details!

Published by North Light Books, my new book is available in hard copy or on Kindle

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Travel itinerary

Please share my travel plans if you know of friends or family in the area who may be thinking about commissioning a portrait!

Upcoming 2015 Dates

TBD: Little Rock

February 19-23, DC

April 29-May 3, Atlanta, GA

July 9, Miami, FL

July, Lexington, KY (dates TBD)

August 27-30, Lowell, MI (Grand Rapids area)

Please contact me at chris@chrissaper.com or 602-957-8107 for details or questions!

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Thanks to all for such a great 2014 - and lots of exciting things on the horizon, including a newly revised and published "Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Light", to be released by North Light Books on February 3rd in paperback, after fourteen happy years in hardcover.

For those of you who are considering a commissioned portrait this next year, please take note that I will be instituting a price increase effective February 1, 2015, so please contact me prior to discuss locking in the 2014 rates.

As I continue to sample different online products, i have discovered that there is not ever just one place that does it all, or that does everything equally well.. So in addition to my RedBubble Store, I've also started a store at www.zazzle.com, where I've been delighted with the quality of many of the orders I've placed over the years ...including travel mugs, laptop sleeves and phone cases.

Have a happy and healthy start to this fresh new year, and I'll see you next month:)

Chris

Chris Saper Heirloom & Corporate Portraiture

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Just Completed: "Self-Portrait 2015", Oil 30 x 24

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First portrait of the new year, with thanks to my dear friend Joan for such fabulous reference photos!

Chris Saper Self-Portrait 2015, oil 30 x 24

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"Lyssandra Life Study" oil, 16 x 12

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Last week, I joined a group of fellow artists painting this lovely model over a period of several hours. This was a very fun study to explore, because there was a cool artificial light, augmented by natural indirect light, coming in from our left, and a strong, warm artificial light coming upward from the lower right.

"Lyssandra, life study" oil portrait, 16 x 12

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Workshop: Mountain Artists Guild

July 13-16, 2015 Prescott, AZ

Beat the heat!!!! Next summer, I'll be teaching again in Prescott, AZ. "For Love or Money: Portraiture and the Pursuit of Excellence" is a 4-day portrait painting workshop that focuses on both painting skills and on the business aspects of art.

I do not take more than 12 students in my workshops; every one of my students deserves a lot of personal attention, and I don't believe that can be accomplished with a larger student group. Please sign yup early to secure your place in class!

Details to follow:)

Saper portrait workshop, Prescott, AZ

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RESCHEDULED

Workshop: Franciscan Life Process Center
August 27-30, 2015 Lowell, MI

Next summer, I'll be again conducting a 4-day portrait painting workshop that focuses on both painting skills and on the business aspects of art.

I am very excited to teach in this beautiful facility, in an equally beautiful setting - it's been years - and I mean YEARS - since I've been in the Upper Midwest for summer, and it will be a fantastic time of year.

Again, space is EXTREMELY limited. I do not take more than 12 students in my workshops; every one of my students deserves a lot of personal attention, and I don't believe that can be accomplished with a larger student group.

Details to follow:)