It is a curious fact that out-of-door nature is to the beginner an enormously overloaded 'property room.' He sees, for instance, the myriad of leaves upon the tree long before he sees the tree at all.
The great paintings are the ones with the most subtle value relationships. The closer you could bring your values and still distinguish between them,… - John F. Carlson
The great paintings are the ones with the most subtle value relationships. The closer you could bring your values and still distinguish between them,…
- John F. Carlson
Too much reality in a picture is always a disappointment to the imaginative soul. We love suggestion and not hard facts. - John F. Carlson
Too much reality in a picture is always a disappointment to the imaginative soul. We love suggestion and not hard facts.
Good colour really means good taste; and 'powerful' colour means a reserve, to give a climax its full force, and not 'red, white, and blue all over. - John F. Carlson
Good colour really means good taste; and 'powerful' colour means a reserve, to give a climax its full force, and not 'red, white, and blue all over.
You will learn to paint trees only by understanding them, their growth, their nature, their movement - and realizing that they are conscious living t… - John F. Carlson
You will learn to paint trees only by understanding them, their growth, their nature, their movement - and realizing that they are conscious living t…
The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and colour. The subtle changes of colour over a surface - transitions that are like music … - John F. Carlson
The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and colour. The subtle changes of colour over a surface - transitions that are like music …
The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat the feat at someone's biddin… - John F. Carlson
The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat the feat at someone's biddin…
It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art student. - John F. Carlson
It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art student.
To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and dancing shadows. - John F. Carlson
To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and dancing shadows.
We must have design in a picture even at the expense of truth. You are using nature for your artistic needs. - John F. Carlson
We must have design in a picture even at the expense of truth. You are using nature for your artistic needs.
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