Sergei Bongart
Contrast warm to cool. Make color sing, ring like a bell. Work from big to small.Collection: Color
Art is more than a product of your efforts - it should be about feeling, life, attitude, soul.Collection: Art
Practice like good musician; draw every day.Collection: Practice
Watercolor is like life. Better get it right the first time--you don't get a second chance!Collection: Second Chance
There is no one just like you, and there never will be anyone just like you, so there's no reason not to be original.Collection: Like You
Learn technique; have full command to the extent of not being conscious of how it is done. When craftsmanship has been developed, you are free to create... technique will give way to expression!Collection: Expression
First trust your eyes... then check by rules. Many times something else is happening, and the rules will not apply.Collection: Eye
Always keep your best work.Collection: Advice
The most horrible question students ask: 'How do you paint copper?' 'How do you paint flesh or glass?' You paint everything the same way: Right color, right value, in right spot. There are no prescriptions.Collection: Glasses
Never become an artist if you can't learn to draw.Collection: Artist
Train yourself: It is not by accident an artist becomes a good painter.Collection: Artist
Once you set out to copy another painter you can never be more than number two.Collection: Two
First draw dog, then fleas. First paint apple, then worm holes.Collection: Dog
Most important... develop your technical ability. You are handicapped if you do not develop well enough to hold the subconscious process so as not to have problems of inexperienced painters.Collection: Important
If you paint from 35mm Kodachrome, you end up with a 4x5 foot Kodachrome!Collection: Photography
All students need to know about color is the basic color wheel and complimentary colors. There are many books on color theory; do not waste your time and money.Collection: Book