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“Nature is economical. She puts her lights and darks only where she needs them.”

Quote by William Morris Hunt

Book:William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing

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William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing

William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing is a comprehensive resource that delves into the teachings of the renowned artist William Morris Hunt. The book covers a range of topics, including the fundamentals of color theory, composition, and the use of various painting and drawing tools. It is intended for artists of all levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners, and provides practical advice and exercises to enhance artistic abilities. more

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William Morris Hunt

William Morris Hunt was a 19th-century American painter and art educator. Known for his delicate depictions of natural landscapes and profound understanding of light and color, Hunt was born on March 31, 1824, and died on September 8, 1879. more

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“There's lots of fun in this world, after all. And if there isn't, there is in the next. And we're going there, sure.”

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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

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Book:William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing

Source: William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing

“Beauty is that little something that fills the whole world, and is contained neither in a single straight nose, a long eyelash, nor a blue mountain. Some see it in a leg of mutton, others in a compound fracture; and to expect others to accept one's own definition of it is as absurd as to expect all humanity to use the same toilet-brush.”

Source: W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais

“Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite them if painted separately. Keep the impression of your subject as one thing!”

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Book:William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing

Source: William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing

“How are we going to make painters by lecturing to them? We are going to make questioners, doubters, and talkers. We are going to make painters by painting ourselves, and by showing the paintings of others. By working frankly from our convictions, we are going to make them work frankly from theirs.”

Painting Conviction Painter Talkers Doubters Lecturing

Author:William Morris Hunt

“I tell you it's no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I feel almost certain that I can do it. It seems very simple. I don't think of the time that is sure to come when I almost despair, when the whole thing seems hopeless.”

Thinking Feels I Can Whole Seems Certain Can Do Simple Wonder Despair Jokes Paint Hopeless Portraits I Can Do It

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!”

Giving Firsts Feelings Pain Fall Sound Perfect Fellows Awful Covered Dirt Coffins Shiver Nagging Gravel No 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?”

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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!”

Ifs Men Want Should Firsts Reality Force Shoulders Impress Vitality

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

“Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.”

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