William Morris Hunt Quotes About Values

Quotes about: Values

• It's impossible to make a picture without values. Values are the basis. If they are not, tell me what is the basis.

  William Morris Hunt

  Impossible, Bases, Ifs

  William Morris Hunt (1976). “William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing”, Dover Pubns

• Let me give you a few simple rules for learning to draw. First, see of what shape the whole thing is. Next, put in the line that marks the movement of the whole. Don't have more than one movement in a figure; you can't patch parts together. Simple lines; then simple values. Establish the fact of the whole. Is it square, oblong, cube, or what is it?

  William Morris Hunt

  Simple, Squares, Giving

  William Morris Hunt (1976). “William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing”, Dover Pubns

• Give up the idea of 'color' for awhile! Consider masses - values, only... One dark and one light place in every picture.

  William Morris Hunt

  Giving Up, Dark, Light

• There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has... In your sketches keep the first vivid impression! Add no details that shall weaken it! Look first for the big things! 1st. Proportions! 2nd. Values - or masses of light and shade. 3rd. Details that will not spoil the beginnings!

  William Morris Hunt

  Strength, Light, Looks

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