Jane R. Hofstetter Art Quotes - (7 quotes)

Jane R. Hofstetter - From the Boredom category:

If the basic painting structure bores the eye, no amount of color, texture or detail can save the piece from becoming just another ho-hum painting - pleasant, perhaps, but ultimately forgettable. (Jane R. Hofstetter)

Jane R. Hofstetter - From the Design category:

If the basic shapes of a painting are not well designed and exciting, there is little purpose in continuing... (Jane R. Hofstetter)

Jane R. Hofstetter - From the Movement category:

A moving energy force can entertain the eye with its irregular patterns of value. (Jane R. Hofstetter)

Jane R. Hofstetter - From the Pattern category:

Seeing abstract value patterns, not just the literal subject, is one of the first and most difficult things for a growing artist to learn. (Jane R. Hofstetter)

Jane R. Hofstetter - From the Planning category:

Planning the understructure of light and dark shapes at the beginning of each painting is the artist's most important job. (Jane R. Hofstetter)

Jane R. Hofstetter - From the Seeing category:

The eyes are unable to report instantly to the mind everything they see in a painting, so they will move quickly over the simple, large shapes of dark and light first... Without... visual excitement, the eyes won't wish to report much information to the mind... (Jane R. Hofstetter)

Jane R. Hofstetter - From the Values category:

The overall pattern of value shapes is the skeleton on which a painting is built. The eye needs this structure to create movement and excitement underneath the subject. (Jane R. Hofstetter)