Draw with the brush. Carve the form. Don't be carried away by subtleties of modeling and nice pigmentation at the expense of… — John French Sloan Artist Copy Share Image
Draw places you have seen from memory. I used to paint things I had glimpsed through windows while riding in the elevated… — John French Sloan Artist Copy Share Image
The subject may be of first importance to the artist when he starts a picture, but it should be of least importance… — John French Sloan Aesthetic Copy Share Image
Most art students are generous till it comes to squeezing their colour on the palette... Many pictures haven't become works of art… — John French Sloan Art Copy Share Image
Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color. Painting without drawing is just 'coloriness,' color excitement. To think of color for… — John French Sloan Artist Copy Share Image
Study the great brush drawings of the Chinese and Japanese... When we try to imitate their conventions for perspective, form and texture… — John French Sloan Ancient Copy Share Image
The great black and white draftsman, the sculptor, and the blind man know that form and color are separate. The form itself… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
In the work of Seurat, you can see the dots of neutral colors carrying the form and then the dots of more… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Have a special interest, a positive prejudice about some clump of trees or one particular knoll, an excitement about them can spread… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too… — John French Sloan Art Copy Share Image
