“What are you trying to accentuate?”
Saltzman said.

For example, is it the tree or the bridge?
Whichever one it is, you need to make it
stand out on the canvas.

It must be the figurative center, even
if it’s not literally in the center. It must be
the light.

“What she’s doing is really breaking
down the steps you need to use in order to
see like an artist,” Saltzman said.

Saltzman tries to start a painting in a
Tuesday class and finish it by Friday. When
she started taking classes with Hark, she
often had too many competing subjects.

But now, Saltzman is fairly skilled.

She’s proud of her paintings of Golda
Meir, of candles and an etrog and of
various still-life landscapes. She sends
her family members her new painting via
email each Friday.

“When you’re new to something and
you’re a student, it’s almost like you’re a
child,” Saltzman said. “She’s able to put
us at ease and say to us, ‘This is not easy.

You need to realize that as you’re working
through this.’”
Another student, Abby Horowitz, said
Hark takes the time to go around to each
student during class to offer comments.

Her suggestions often do not seem
consequential at the time — until the
students finish their paintings and see the
difference. Friends make the
journey sweeter.

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