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Thank you Steven. These statements by Alain de Botton express the knack for diplomacy while at the same time relating some fact.
A great artist once said something like simplicity of design is what we should strive for. Also, if it is impossible to make a small sketch without infinite labor, then we can be pretty sure we are starting off on the wrong foot. So, it is safe to say that any subject that will look effective in an exhibition gallery or on the wall of an average size living room is also definable in a 5 by 7 inch sketch at a distance of 6 feet or more.
I think that painting is very much like writing. There can be so many detailed passages in a book that the reader who wants the story to move along becomes irritated. A conversationalist can get lost in detail and trivia too and so can the artist.
Then again we can ask the question, what type of reader are we? Do we prefer Shakespeare, Tom Sawyer, children's books, etc.
As we think on the subject of art, let us not lose our self in the philosophy of thought and dare to forget that all we need is evident in nature.
Do you carry your sketch book with you everywhere you go? If not, why not?
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