Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite them if painted separately. Keep the impression of your subject as one thing!


W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais (ed. 1878)


Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite...

Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite...

Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite...

Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite...