Much drawing and little color
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, early April 1882
My thanks for the package of splendid Ingres paper and for the studies. Perhaps someday when people begin to say that I can draw a little but not paint, I shall suddenly come out with a picture at a moment when they least expect it. But I certainly won't as long as it looks as though I were obliged to, and as though I must not do something else.
There are two ways of thinking about painting, how not to do it and how to do it: how to do it - with much drawing and little color; how not to do it - with much color and little drawing.
Letter 184
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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My thanks for the package of splendid Ingres paper and for the studies. Perhaps someday when people begin to say that I can draw a little but not paint, I shall suddenly come out with a picture at a moment when they least expect it. But I certainly won't as long as it looks as though I were obliged to, and as though I must not do something else.
There are two ways of thinking about painting, how not to do it and how to do it: how to do it - with much drawing and little color; how not to do it - with much color and little drawing.
Letter 184
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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