Believe That Time Is Going

Compare Constantly, Lines And Angles... Hold Looking-glass Before Your Model And Your Drawing. Take A Second's Glance Only, And See If The Impression Be The Same. If It Be Not, Ask, 'what Is The Difference?

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!

Nature Is Economical. She Puts Her Lights And Darks Only Where She Needs Them.

The Mission Of Art Is To Represent Nature Not To Imitate Her.

Painting Is The Only Universal Language. All Nature Is Creation's Picture Book. Painting Alone Can Describe Every Thing Which Can Be Seen, And Suggest Every Emotion Which Can Be Felt. Art Reaches Back Into The Babyhood Of Time, And Is Man's Only Lasting Monument.