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    Van Gogh's Drawings and Watercolors
    Van Gogh's Drawings and Watercolors
    Van Gogh's Drawings and Watercolors
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    Van Gogh's Drawings and Watercolors

    By Christian Connor

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    Vincent van Gogh drew thousands of images to better his style. He believed that drawing was “the root of everything” and completed over 1,000 drawings from 1877 to 1890. There were periods when he wished to do nothing but draw. In addition he produced nearly 150 watercolors paintings during his life. Similar to his drawings, Van Gogh often did watercolors as studies before doing an oil painting or as practice. As he continued to refine his technique, he used more and brighter colors in his watercolors. Van Gogh did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristian Connor
    Release dateJan 13, 2015
    ISBN9786050348583
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      Van Gogh's Drawings and Watercolors - Christian Connor

      Van Gogh's Drawings and Watercolors

      By Christian Connor

      Foreword and Annotations by Christian Connor

      First Edition

      Copyright © 2015 by Christian Connor

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      Van Gogh's Drawings and Watercolors

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      Foreword

      Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) drew thousands of images to better his style. He believed that drawing was the root of everything and completed over 1,000 drawings from 1877 to 1890.

      In a letter Vincent wrote in 1880 to his brother Theo:

      Well, and yet it was in these depths of misery that I felt my energy revive and I said to myself, I shall get over it somehow, I shall set to work again with my pencil, which I had cast aside in my deep dejection, and I shall draw again, and from that moment I have had the feeling that everything has changed for me, and now I am in my stride and my pencil has become slightly more willing and seems to be getting more so by the day. My over-long and over-intense misery had discouraged me so much that I was unable to do anything.

      Van Gogh's drawings were mainly done in pencil, black chalk, red chalk, blue chalk, reed pen and charcoal on a variety of paper types these included Ingres paper, laid paper, wove paper. At the outset of his career, he felt it necessary to master black and white before attempting to work in color. Thus, drawings formed an inextricable part of his development as a painter. There were periods when he wished to do nothing but draw. Although his paintings are much more popular than his drawings, Van Gogh is considered a master of drawing.

      Vincent van Gogh began to draw as a child, and he continued to draw throughout the years that led up to his decision to become an artist. He did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints. He produced nearly 150 watercolor paintings during his life.

      Similar to his drawings, Van Gogh often did watercolors as studies before doing an oil painting or as practice. As he continued to refine his technique, he used more and brighter colors in his watercolors. In the letter to his brother Theo, in December of 1888 Van Gogh wrote the following:

      "...They (a few watercolors) are not masterpieces, of course, yet I really believe that there is some soundness and truth in them, more at any rate than what I've done up to now. And so I reckon that I am now at the beginning of the beginning of doing something serious...They may still be full of imperfections, que soit, I am the first to say that I am still very

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