John French
John French
fire tree special
Have a special interest, a positive prejudice about some clump of trees or one particular knoll, an excitement about them can spread through the whole composition, and so fire the rest of the things that you are only mildly interested in.
light lines shade
Sets of lines can say something about the direction and nature of the light. They are used by great fresco painters as a sign for shade.
fall thinking play
I always think of shade as being full of light. That is why I like to use the word shade rather than light and shadow. Shade seems to play over the thing, envelop it, better define it, while shadow seems to fall on the thing and stain the surface with darks.
powerful drawing lines
Line is the most powerful device of drawing.
art men color
Many great works of art have only form, the sculpture of the thing. Color as used to signify realization by men like Titian and Rembrandt, gives greater life and tactile experience to the work.
nice losing form
Draw with the brush. Carve the form. Don't be carried away by subtleties of modeling and nice pigmentation at the expense of losing the form.
fear atmosphere nine
Atmosphere in a painting is nine-tenths fear.
art drawing important
The important thing is to keep on drawing when you start to paint. Never graduate from drawing.
drawing faults vitality
A good drawing has immense vitality because it is explanatory. In a good drawing even its faults have become virtues.
art creative consciousness
Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life.
mean thinking color
Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color. Painting without drawing is just 'coloriness,' color excitement. To think of color for color's sake is like thinking of sound for sound's sake. Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.
eye play piano
To play your colors by eye is worse than playing the piano by ear.
color instruments form
Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.
art color drawing
Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the artist's thought.