Robert Henri
Robert Henri
Robert Henriwas an American painter and teacher. He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School of American realism and an organizer of the group known as "The Eight," a loose association of artists who protested the restrictive exhibition practices of the powerful, conservative National Academy of Design...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth24 June 1865
CountryUnited States of America
drawing different realizing
Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention.
beautiful drawing humanity
Because we are saturated with life, because we are human, our strongest motive is life, humanity; and the stronger the motive back of the line the stronger, and therefore more beautiful, the line will be.
ideas drawing lines
Count on big lines to express your ideas.
drawing feelings draws
You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work.
drawing saws firsts
Has your drawing the meaning you saw in the model at first?
school thinking drawing
If you think of a school drawing while you work, your drawing will look like one.
drawing study found
Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad.
drawing curves lines
A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.
drawing lines results
Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.
drawing lines models
Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing.
drawing maps should
A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map.
art drawing students
A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw.
american-artist spite
It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.
artist shining may
An artist must first of all respond to his subject, he must be filled with emotion toward that subject and then he must make his technique so sincere, so translucent that it may be forgotten, the value of the subject shining through it.