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 More Quotes by John French Sloan More Quotes From John French Sloan Nature is what you see plus what you think about it. John French Sloan plus thinking The important thing is to keep on drawing when you start to paint. Never graduate from drawing. John French Sloan drawing important art The great black and white draftsman, the sculptor, and the blind man know that form and color are separate. The form itself is what the blind man knows...Color is surface skin that fits over the form. John French Sloan black-and-white color men A good drawing has immense vitality because it is explanatory. In a good drawing even its faults have become virtues. John French Sloan vitality faults drawing Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color. Painting without drawing is just 'coloriness,' color excitement. To think of color for color's sake is like thinking of sound for sound's sake. Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form. John French Sloan color mean thinking Assimilate all you can from tradition and then say things in your own way. John French Sloan originality tradition way Drawing and composition are the same thing. John French Sloan composition drawing Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive. John French Sloan wells alive speak Find your own technique. John French Sloan technique
