ebooks Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures: 1;087 Renderings from Historic Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive) by Richard Huber in Arts-Photography

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Look around and select a subject that you can see painted. That will paint itself. Do the obvious thing before you do the superhuman thing. It may have been accidental; but you knew enough to let this alone. The good painter is always making use of accidents. Never try to repeat a success. Swing a bigger brush mdash; you donrsquo;t know what fun you are missing. For 31 years; Charles Hawthorne spoke in this manner to students of his famous Cape Cod School of Art. The essence of that instruction has been collected from studentsrsquo; notes and captured in this book; retaining the personal feeling and the sense of on-the-spot inspiration of the original classroom. Even though Hawthorne is addressing himself to specific problems in specific paintings; his comments are so revealing that they will be found applicable a hundred times to your own work.The book is divided into sections on the outdoor model; still life; landscape; the indoor model; and watercolor. Each section begins with a concise essay and continues with comments on basic elements: general character; color; form; seeing; posture; etc. It is in the matter of color that students will especially feel themselves in the presence of a master guide and critic. Hawthornersquo;s ability to see color and; more important; to make the student see color; is a lesson that will aid student painters and anyone else interested in any phase of art.Although it does not pretend to be a comprehensive or closely ordered course; this book does have much to offer. It also represents the artistic insight of one of the finest painter-teachers of the twentieth century."An excellent introduction for laymen and students alike." mdash; Time"To read these notes and comments hellip; is in itself an education. One cannot help but gain great help." mdash; School Arts