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Best Book on Painting Tips for Artists I Ever Read
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| Guest post by: Barbara Garro |
Article Overview: TITLE: BEST BOOK ON PAINTING TIPS FROM CHARLES WEBSTER HAWTHORNE (1872-1930) As An artist and a writer, I study all the time the masters in those fields, those who struggled and won. Why? Because I am still struggling and need their tools to win. I recently read Charles Webster Hawthorne on Painting, collected by Mrs. Charles. W. Hawthorne with an Introduction by Edwin Dickinson, an Appreciation by Hans Hoffman, and Biographical Notes by Joseph Hawthorne, his son. These forty tools I gleaned from Hawthornes tips to help his students create more masterful paintings. In working to understand these forty tools, I felt like one of his students. I wish the same for you.
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Best Book on Painting Tips for Artists I Ever Read
TITLE: BEST BOOK ON PAINTING TIPS FROM CHARLES WEBSTER
HAWTHORNE (1872-1930)
As An artist and a writer, I study all the time the masters
in those fields, those who struggled and won. Why? Because I am still
struggling and need their tools to win.
I recently read Charles Webster Hawthorne on Painting,
collected by Mrs. Charles. W. Hawthorne with an Introduction by Edwin
Dickinson, an Appreciation by Hans Hoffman, and Biographical Notes by Joseph
Hawthorne, his son.
Here are the forty tools I gleaned from Hawthorne’s tips to
help his students create more masterful paintings. In working to understand
these forty tools, I felt like one of his students. I wish the same for you:
1.
Never try
to recreate a painting
2.
Anything is beautiful I f you have vision and
want to appeal to humanity
3.
The painter is a high priest who believes in the
beauty and the glory of human existence, showing sympathy and understanding
4.
An artist is a poet and a poet is an artist;
both are preachers
5.
An artist must learn to see the beauty in the ugly,
even if they do not paint it
6.
Rather make something bog out of something
little than vice versa
7.
Anything is painter’s fodder
8.
Surprise
9.
Good painting is an excitement, an aesthetic
emotion; reasonable painting destroys emotion
10. Study
continually; develop yourself
11. Know
when you are licked; start another
12. No
amount of good drawing will pull your painting out if your colors don’t work
13. Fundamental
skill patterns one spot of paint next to another artistically
14. Overdo
in color rather than go limp
15. Think
color first, then object and paint the color you see
16. Hold
light against shadow, rather than light against light
17. Everything
in painting is a matter of silhouettes
18. Nothing
cheapens a canvas more than the same color running through it
19. Harmony
and vitality come from the use of different colors
20. There
is nothing harder than black in sunlight and beware of brown outdoors
21. There
is no such thing as an edge in nature
22. When
white goes warm it loses its power
23. In
floral still lifes, the background is as important as the subject
24. Do
what you see not what you know
25. Look
out for being too lavish in accents—it makes your painting look spotty and dry
26. There
is sincerity in painting from nature that is lost when you make it up
27. A
painting is like an after-dinner talk—if you want to be remembered, say one
thing and stop
28. The
light does not stop at the fold of the upper lid but stops at the pupil
29. Avoid
painting the whites of the eye too light
30. The
highlight should be complementary to the color it falls on
31. Make
edges subtle rather than obvious
32. See
the big simple music the old masters saw when they painted the figure and paint
the big note on your own canvas
33. Paint
people as if they would bleed if you pricked them
34. A
painting of high intensity looks better unvarnished
35. If
you don’t do what you don’t know, you don’t give yourself away—never fire your
last show—power is real strength—don’t give all, have reserve
36. Study
Manet to study how to make spots of watercolor come together as one
37. Always
use good watercolor paper
38. Work
watercolor very wet and allow the colors to run together
39. Yell
with watercolor
40. Study
Sargent’s watercolors to get an education in the study of edges, architecture
in shadow
Read Charles Webster Hawthorne on your own and make your own
notes out of your understanding of what you need to grow as a painting artist.
We all come to our paints and pictures from different talents and places.
However, I do suggest you find the 1939 first edition if you can, because the
1960 paperback has no illustrations, which make Hawthorne’s notes much more
meaningful.
Happy painting, collecting, viewing and being in the beauty
others have created for your enjoyment!
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About the Author: Barbara Garro RSS for Barbara's articles - Visit Barbara's website As the author of Grow Yourself A Life You'll Love and From Jesus to Heaven with Love: A Parable Pilgrimage, I have been coaching people to achieve their goals as writers, artists and believers for nearly fifty years. Along with my Business, Finance & Economics and Business & Professional Communication degrees, I also have a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, am a Certified Property & Casualty Underwriter, and graduated from Corporate Coach University and Coach Training Institute. People tell me my workshops and books have helped them stay on their goal tracks by knowing what to do when life gets in their way. My corporate career included Director of Risk Management for Comcast Corporation and positions in tax management, credit management, shareholder relations management. My Character Architectural Technology System has a registered mark from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and helps me show people who they are and how knowing that can help them achieve their goals in a way that works for them. As an avid social networker, find me on Lunch, Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Filed By. My books are sold on Amazon.com and CambridgeBooks.us as well as ElectricEnvisions.com Click here to visit Barbara's website Art Buyers Must Be Art Detectives What is Art A Discussion by Artists Outing Employee Procrastination Couples Making Decisions About Art Purchases Selling Art to Men |
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