Learn technique; have full command to the extent of not being conscious of how it is done. When craftsmanship has been developed, you are free to create... technique will give way to expression! — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
Most important... develop your technical ability. You are handicapped if you do not develop well enough to hold the subconscious process so as not… — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
If you paint from 35mm Kodachrome, you end up with a 4x5 foot Kodachrome! — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
Once you set out to copy another painter you can never be more than number two. — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
Art is more than a product of your efforts - it should be about feeling, life, attitude, soul. — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
Watercolor is like life. Better get it right the first time--you don't get a second chance! — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
There is no one just like you, and there never will be anyone just like you, so there's no reason not to be original. — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
All students need to know about color is the basic color wheel and complimentary colors. There are many books on color theory; do not… — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
First trust your eyes... then check by rules. Many times something else is happening, and the rules will not apply. — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
Contrast warm to cool. Make color sing, ring like a bell. Work from big to small. — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
The most horrible question students ask: 'How do you paint copper?' 'How do you paint flesh or glass?' You paint everything the same way:… — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
Train yourself: It is not by accident an artist becomes a good painter. — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
