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
Be humble about it. Paint the color tones as they come against each other, and make them sing, vibrate. Don't ask me… — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Paint with freedom. It gives you more mastery of the nature of paint. — 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
