“There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has... In your sketches keep the first vivid impression! Add no details that shall weaken it! Look first for the big things! 1st. Proportions! 2nd. Values - or masses of light and shade. 3rd. Details that will not spoil the beginnings!” FirstsLooksBigsLightValuesForceStrengthMassAddDetailsImpressionProportionShadeBig ThingsVitalityVividSpoil Author:William Morris Hunt
“It gives a fellow an awful shiver to hear the first shovelful of dirt and gravel rattle down upon the coffin; but after it is covered, it falls gently and makes no sound. The feeling of rest is perfect. There's no more nagging, no more pain!” GivingFirstsFeelingsPainFallSoundPerfectFellowsAwfulCoveredDirtCoffinsShiverNaggingGravelNo More Pain Author:William Morris Hunt
“Let me give you a few simple rules for learning to draw. First, see of what shape the whole thing is. Next, put in the line that marks the movement of the whole. Don't have more than one movement in a figure; you can't patch parts together. Simple lines; then simple values. Establish the fact of the whole. Is it square, oblong, cube, or what is it?” GivingFirstsWholeFactsTogetherValuesNextLinesSimpleFiguresMovementShapesDrawsLet MeMarkSquaresPatchesCubes Book:William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing Source: William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing
“There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has. You want a picture to seize you as forcibly as if a man had seized you by the shoulder! It should impress you like reality!” IfsMenWantShouldFirstsRealityForceShouldersImpressVitality Book:W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais Source: W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais
