Have as much fun as you can and don't feel that the edge of your canvas confines you - let your vision go right on. — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
It is so hard and long before a student comes to a realization that these [first] few large simple spots in right relations are… — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Painting is just like making an after-dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop. — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Do studies, not pictures. Know when you are licked - start another. Be alive, stop when your interest is lost. — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
A sketch has charm because of its truth - not because it is unfinished. — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Avoid distant views, paint objects close up. If the foreground is well done the distance will take care of itself. — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
In his attempt to develop the beauty he sees, the artist develops himself. — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Try to do ugly things so that you make them beautiful... The more delicate the thing is in nature the more one must look… — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Do not let it look as if you reasoned too much. Painting must be impulsive to be worth while. — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
By having the big lines of the composition going out of the canvas, your imagination can wander beyond the edge. It will make it… — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
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