El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-17

painters insight into human nature so
o ue. that Himself simply dominated
me gallery. You felt as though a real
human soul was watching YOU from his
Keen kindly blue eyes while the
woman in white had been so finished.
SO touched up and gone over. that she
n.id no message al all for the beholder.
she was SIMPLY a picture she repre-
scented unnecessary time and wasted en-
ercy on the painters part and indie
cisiveness in his mind.
Henri. / consider one of our very
greatest present day painters. The man
IS so rapidly growing. too. that no one
may predict how great he may become
before he Is middle aged His theory
about finish is this know what YOU
are going 10 do before YOU start stop
the minute YOU have done it. Record
Your impression of the model or scene
as quickly and IS briefly as possible,
making every brush stroke tell
Why Differ in Arts
Now isn't that the same thing we
expect in other things? Who likes the
long winded speaker. who rambIes and
rambles and rambles all around the
bush before coming to his subject
Who likes the writer who takes -four
Paragraphs TO describe what could ue
said in one line 1 have heard the
sentence. "Plate took water and
washed his hands" called the master
descriptive piece of the Bible. II GER
taiulV Immediately calls No in the
can see the whole thing. II is a mas
terpiece Of word painting The writer
could have devoted a page TO descrih-
ing how PLATE washed his hands. but
would II make the picture in YOUR mind
more definite On the contrary. would
IL not rather confuse your impression
hy the weight of encumherinE detail.
destroying the sharp. clean cut pic
turec
The same principle. eliminate the
unnecessary" stands i'm painting and ia
an forms of art Art is not copying
nature Art is the expression OF the
painters thoughts. feelings and impress
sions that are aroused by scenes.
sounds, objects. or people
Painting -MOnn Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci is reported to have
spent four years Of his life painting
tine one portrait of Mona Lisa" trying
TO catch her elusive. tantalizinEly eng
natical smile.
wrath Of worshipers OF the ancient
masters on my head for seeming irrev-
erence. but no wonder Mona Lisa
smiled Leonardis conception Of her
must have changed many times. during
those four years She herself must have
changed and grown i'm experience "a
little during rhat time If she didn't
she was an awful stick. Leonardo him
self was changing IN those four years.
yet ne Stubbornly stuck TO his deter
mination TO record four years of Mona
Lisa in the one picture.
Il is wonderful picture Ii couldn't
help but be. becdu use IL was painted hy
a wonderful genius. But if Henri want
ed TO paint Mona Lisa. he would have
started a fresh canvas each time she
posed for him and completed IT In the
one sitting I would be willing 10
wager that he would have finally cap
tured the elusive smile and put IL on
mis- canvas in months time.
Daily Changes.
HenrIs theory is that both the model
and the painter change daily. Both are
subject TO moods Tie moods reflect
themselves in the models appearance
and in the painters mental attitude
toward his work Each time YOU see
q person little different impression
is created In portrait painting the
object Is TO record the painters con-
ception of the sitter's character He
can only have one Impression at a time
If he is persisrently clinging 10 his
Yesterdays impression. the Impression
he receives today is trying TO force