Painting the Visual Impression
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Painting the Visual Impression - Richard Whitney
Artist.
INTRODUCTION
The young painter, who regardless of present popularity would leave a name behind him, must become the patient pupil of nature … What are the most sublime productions of the (brush) but selections of some of the forms of nature, and copies of a few of her evanescent effects: and this is the result, not of inspiration, but of long and patient study, under the direction of much good sense. ¹
—John Constable
This booklet is a summary of the fundamental ideas of representational painting that artists use to help paint light and shadow or the look of nature. I have tried to list them in order of importance (with the essential ideas in bold type) so as to help the working painter logically solve problems. I have written these concepts in a concise manner so that they can be memorized. Learning to paint involves learning to see and guidance from a master craftsman is necessary. This booklet should be used as a supplement to studio instruction. It can easily fit in a paint