Leonardo's Mona Lisa sure would have lost out if he had spent only 2 of the 4 or 5 years he took to complete it. It is thinking about him and Ryder, among others, that partly makes me feel so awful to send away a 'half-baked' painting. E. J. Hughes More Quotes by E. J. Hughes More Quotes From E. J. Hughes It takes more time to rework a painting than it takes to fill in the canvas in the first place. I wish I could get them all right with the first coat like many of the old masters could, but seem destined to have to rework to make them even passable. E. J. Hughes coats wish firsts I've found from years of trial that the only way I can work is to make sketches in pencil from Nature, purely as reference material for future use in the studio. E. J. Hughes drawing use years Unfortunately when I start to talk or when someone watches over my shoulders my pencil either stops or I draw meaningless lines. E. J. Hughes drawing lines watches I was doing something that the officials or art commission probably didn't consider important... I was experimenting with different kinds of realistic art, impressionism and the more decorative compositions of different forms of painting, which took away from the earlier photographic realism that I was doing. E. J. Hughes different important art As you can see, at my age - 48 - Art is still one big experiment. E. J. Hughes bigs age art One of the main reasons I paint is because I think nature is so wonderful. I want to try to get my feelings of that down on canvas, if possible. E. J. Hughes feelings trying thinking It is a matter mostly of having the time to spare from my finished paintings to put in on travelling and sketching out of doors. E. J. Hughes sketching time doors I am hoping that, with the added wisdom of old age, I can still look ahead for an improvement in tone, line, colour and composition. E. J. Hughes lines age looks
