“Give up the idea of 'color' for awhile! Consider masses - values, only... One dark and one light place in every picture.” GivingIdeasLightValuesDarkColorGiving UpMass Author:William Morris Hunt
“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's impossible to make a picture without values. Values are the basis. If they are not, tell me what is the basis.” IfsValuesImpossibleBases Book:William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing Source: William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing
“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
