Line is the most powerful device of drawing. John French Sloan More Quotes by John French Sloan More Quotes From John French Sloan Study the great brush drawings of the Chinese and Japanese... When we try to imitate their conventions for perspective, form and texture we lose the content, because those artists were part of an ancient tradition. Our tradition changes rapidly, our schools of thought come to fruition quickly and decay again. We see differently. John French Sloan drawingartistschool ...in the habit of watching every bit of human life I can see about my windows, but I do it so that I am not observed at it. John French Sloan habitwindowart The artist seeks to record his awareness of order in life. John French Sloan recordsartistorder In the work of Seurat, you can see the dots of neutral colors carrying the form and then the dots of more intense color that make the color texture. It is a totally different principle that than of the Impressionists who used broken color to imitate visual effect. John French Sloan colorbrokenprinciples You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical ease the brain stops criticizing. Don't let the hand fall into a smart way of putting the mind to sleep. John French Sloan smartsleepfall Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the artist's thought. John French Sloan drawingcolorart To play your colors by eye is worse than playing the piano by ear. John French Sloan pianoeyeplay Sets of lines can say something about the direction and nature of the light. They are used by great fresco painters as a sign for shade. John French Sloan shadelineslight Always think of drawing, getting the forms realized, emphasizing the design. John French Sloan drawingdesignthinking When painting a landscape it is desirable to walk through the clumps and around the bushes, around the trees, the houses and the rocks. Familiarizing yourself in this way with the subject, you will get a better concept of the thing and not a visual and false snapshot. John French Sloan rockshousetree There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it. John French Sloan texturedrawingchance A piece of drapery is like a necktie, hot stuff to paint, and one of the easiest things for a painter to kid himself into thinking he can do. Don't be fooled by the color. Go after the shape and character. Hew the forms together with colored tones. John French Sloan characterkidsthinking Draw with the brush. Carve the form. Don't be carried away by subtleties of modeling and nice pigmentation at the expense of losing the form. John French Sloan formnicelosing Many great works of art have only form, the sculpture of the thing. Color as used to signify realization by men like Titian and Rembrandt, gives greater life and tactile experience to the work. John French Sloan colormenart Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color. John French Sloan drawingcolormean Don't be stingy with your paint, it isn't worth it. John French Sloan stingymaterialspaint Be sensitive to the qualities inherent in the medium. Paint honestly and avoid tricks. John French Sloan sensitivepaintquality Think of drawing as a way of talking about the things that interest you. Think of those wonderful documents, drawings made on scraps of paper by the lesser Dutch masters while they were wandering around market places and sitting in saloons. John French Sloan drawingtalkingthinking Draw places you have seen from memory. I used to paint things I had glimpsed through windows while riding in the elevated train. John French Sloan ridingmemorieswindow Atmosphere in a painting is nine-tenths fear. John French Sloan atmosphereninefear
