Sarah Parks is an artist who skillfully blends Impressionism with Classical Realism. Her talent is evident in her ability to capture the form and her excellent use of light and shadow.
Sarah has developed an innovative and comprehensive online drawing course, " Drawing Secrets Revealed ," that introduces the latest brain research which explains the link between the development of drawing skills and creativity and other right brain functions.
Sarah grew up in an artistic family and has had a passion to draw all her life. She admired the works of Sargent, Sorolla, and others on visits to the major museums of New York, Philadelphia, London, Paris, Rome and Florence. Sarah earned two degrees (Magna cum Laude) in Art History and Studio Art from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
In her study of portraiture, she is grateful to have been guided by some of today's finest portrait artists, such as Daniel Greene, Michael Shane Neil, and Paul McCormack, and mentored by Bart Lindstrom, John De La Vega and Ned Bittinger.
Her love of other art genres has motivated Sarah to continually refine her technique through serious and intense study from some of the foremost landscape, still life, and figurative painters today. She has gathered instruction from classes, workshops, books and is a member of the Oil Painters of America, Portrait Society of America and the American Society of Portrait Artists. Her "The Shawl" was one of 30 out of 1,100 entries juried into the American Woman Artist Association Exhibit in Pasadena, CA.
"You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you." - W. Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965
This is the cornerstone of my philosophy as a fine artist and a teacher. As an artist, I always learned better when an instructor was right there guiding me. As an online teacher, I attempt to provide the same support and guidance in a medium that is much more coventient and flexible for many people. I believe that just because you're an online instructor, you don't have to sacrifice interaction and relationships.
I have developed a comprehensive and innovative online drawing course that incorporates brain research to enhance your creativity, called "Drawing Secrets Revealed." Recent research seems to support a direct link between learning to draw and enhancing your right brain's ability to be creative in all areas of life, even those areas that seem dominated by the analytical left brain. This series stands out from the crowd with the detailed video lessons that guide you in all the drawing concepts I present, as well as the fact that it is structured in such a way that it builds on itself, rather than presenting random concepts and skills that the student is then left to figure out how to integrate.
Go to www.DrawingSecretsRevealed.com to learn more.