“Though colour may appear at first a part of painting merely mechanical, yet it still has its rules, and those grounded upon that presiding principle which regulates both the great and the little in the study of a painter.” FirstsMayLittlesStillsPrinciplesStudyPaintingPainterColourGrounded Book:Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, delivered at the Royal Academy. With a portrait Source: Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, delivered at the Royal Academy. With a portrait
“In painting, whether colour reflection is apparent or not, every hue must echo neighbouring hues, so that homogeneity may be attained.” MayPaintingReflectionColourEchoesHueHomogeneity Author:Walter J. Phillips
“However exquisite the contours or the colours of clouds, trees, rivers or hills, may be in themselves, they must be sacrificed if they do not conform with the general plan.” IfsMayPlansSacrificeTreeRiversCloudsHillsColourConformExquisite Author:Walter J. Phillips