If Tissot had the convenience of the Eurostar at the turn of the century he probably would be too preoccupied sketching women of uninvolved virtue stepping between sliding doors to notice this barn ensconced in snow, but it would be there. Is this something Tissot should regret? I doubt it. And if one hundred years ago the snow fell for even a day longer per year than it does now, he would be stuck in London anyway.
To spend time observing, without drawing, thinking, without drawing, or feeling, without drawing, is the misfortune of nonartists.
ReplyDelete― Nick Meglin, Drawing from Within: Unleashing Your Creative Potential