Sergei Bongart

Most important... develop your technical ability. You are handicapped if you do not develop well enough to hold the subconscious process so…

— Sergei Bongart

If you paint from 35mm Kodachrome, you end up with a 4x5 foot Kodachrome!

— Sergei Bongart

Practice like good musician; draw every day.

— Sergei Bongart

Never become an artist if you can't learn to draw.

— Sergei Bongart

Once you set out to copy another painter you can never be more than number two.

— Sergei Bongart

Art is more than a product of your efforts - it should be about feeling, life, attitude, soul.

— Sergei Bongart

Watercolor is like life. Better get it right the first time--you don't get a second chance!

— Sergei Bongart

There is no one just like you, and there never will be anyone just like you, so there's no reason not to…

— Sergei Bongart

All students need to know about color is the basic color wheel and complimentary colors. There are many books on color theory;…

— Sergei Bongart

First trust your eyes... then check by rules. Many times something else is happening, and the rules will not apply.

— Sergei Bongart

Contrast warm to cool. Make color sing, ring like a bell. Work from big to small.

— Sergei Bongart

The most horrible question students ask: 'How do you paint copper?' 'How do you paint flesh or glass?' You paint everything the…

— Sergei Bongart

First draw dog, then fleas. First paint apple, then worm holes.

— Sergei Bongart

Always keep your best work.

— Sergei Bongart

Train yourself: It is not by accident an artist becomes a good painter.

— Sergei Bongart

The less inhibited you are the better.

— Sergei Bongart

Learn technique; have full command to the extent of not being conscious of how it is done. When craftsmanship has been developed,…

— Sergei Bongart