William Morris Hunt
William Morris Hunt
William Morris Hunt, American painter, was born at Brattleboro, Vermont to Jane MariaHunt and Hon. Jonathan Hunt, who raised one of the preeminent families in American art. William Morris Hunt was the leading painter of mid-19th-century Boston, Massachusetts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth31 March 1824
CountryUnited States of America
drawing differences glasses
Compare constantly, lines and angles... Hold looking-glass before your model and your drawing. Take a second's glance only, and see if the impression be the same. If it be not, ask, 'What is the difference?
giving-up dark color
Give up the idea of 'color' for awhile! Consider masses - values, only... One dark and one light place in every picture.
strength light add
There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has... In your sketches keep the first vivid impression! Add no details that shall weaken it! Look first for the big things! 1st. Proportions! 2nd. Values - or masses of light and shade. 3rd. Details that will not spoil the beginnings!
impossible bases ifs
It's impossible to make a picture without values. Values are the basis. If they are not, tell me what is the basis.
canvas wells draws
You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so.
doubters painting conviction
How are we going to make painters by lecturing to them? We are going to make questioners, doubters, and talkers. We are going to make painters by painting ourselves, and by showing the paintings of others. By working frankly from our convictions, we are going to make them work frankly from theirs.