I Guess I'm Not Very Human. All

So Many People Say Painting Is Fun. I Don't Find It Fun At All. It's Hard Work For Me.

I Use A Retouching Varnish Which Is Made In France, Libert, And That's All The Varnish I Use.

I Think That Zinc White Has A Property Of Scaling And Cracking.

If The Technical Innovations Of The Impressionists Led Merely To A More Accurate Representation Of Nature, It Was Perhaps Of Not Much Value In Enlarging Their Powers Of Expression.

It's To Paint Directly On The Canvas Without Any Funny Business, As It Were, And I Use Almost Pure Turpentine To Start With, Adding Oil As I Go Along Until The Medium Becomes Pure Oil. I Use As Little Oil As I Can Possibly Help, And That's My Method.