John Constable Quote

I have added some ploughmen to the landscape form the park pales which is a great help, but I must try and warm the picture a little more if I can... but I look to do a great deal better in future. I am determined to finish a small picture in the spot for every one I intend to make in future. But this I have always talked about but never yet done – I think however my mind is more settled and determined than ever on this point.

Letter to John Dunthorne (14 February 1814), as quoted in Constable (Tate Gallery Publications, London, 1993), p. 151 - from Letters

I have added some ploughmen to the landscape form the park pales which is a great help, but I must try and warm the picture a little more if I can... ...

I have added some ploughmen to the landscape form the park pales which is a great help, but I must try and warm the picture a little more if I can... ...

I have added some ploughmen to the landscape form the park pales which is a great help, but I must try and warm the picture a little more if I can... ...

I have added some ploughmen to the landscape form the park pales which is a great help, but I must try and warm the picture a little more if I can... ...