Most important... develop your technical ability. You are handicapped if you do not develop well enough to hold the subconscious process so as not to have problems of inexperienced painters.
The less inhibited you are the better. - Sergei Bongart
The less inhibited you are the better.
- Sergei Bongart
Never become an artist if you can't learn to draw. - Sergei Bongart
Never become an artist if you can't learn to draw.
Watercolor is like life. Better get it right the first time--you don't get a second chance! - Sergei Bongart
Watercolor is like life. Better get it right the first time--you don't get a second chance!
The most horrible question students ask: 'How do you paint copper?' 'How do you paint flesh or glass?' You paint everything the same way: Right color… - Sergei Bongart
The most horrible question students ask: 'How do you paint copper?' 'How do you paint flesh or glass?' You paint everything the same way: Right color…
Always keep your best work. - Sergei Bongart
Always keep your best work.
First trust your eyes... then check by rules. Many times something else is happening, and the rules will not apply. - Sergei Bongart
First trust your eyes... then check by rules. Many times something else is happening, and the rules will not apply.
Contrast warm to cool. Make color sing, ring like a bell. Work from big to small. - Sergei Bongart
Contrast warm to cool. Make color sing, ring like a bell. Work from big to small.
There is no one just like you, and there never will be anyone just like you, so there's no reason not to be original. - Sergei Bongart
There is no one just like you, and there never will be anyone just like you, so there's no reason not to be original.
Art is more than a product of your efforts - it should be about feeling, life, attitude, soul. - Sergei Bongart
Art is more than a product of your efforts - it should be about feeling, life, attitude, soul.
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