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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(2 April 1883)
... brothers - is this your opinion
too?
Lately I have been working with printer's ink, which is
diluted with turpentine and applied with a brush. It gives very
deep tones of black. Diluted with some Chinese white, it also
gives good greys. By adding more or... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(c. 2-4 April 1883)
... tried
out the other day. 1
It goes without saying that the printer's ink -
diluted with more or less turpentine (you can dilute it until
it is so thin that you can wash with it with the utmost
transparency - on the other hand, one can use... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 11 April 1883)
... lot.
But now about the drawings.
I have again done a few with printer's ink, and this week I
made some experiments in mixing that printer's ink with white.
I found out that it can be mixed in two ways - that is, with
the white from the tubes of oil paint... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(c. 25 May 1883)
... have been able
to do it right now.
I had a wooden passe-partout made, something like yours but
without a frame. I am thinking of giving this as yet unpainted
passe-partout a walnut colour, the same colour as your
frame. The work gets on nicely... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(c. 14-15 June 1883)
... was too
overworked to be continued.
Besides I have not ventured to work too much in them with
printer's ink and turpentine; instead I have used charcoal,
lithographic crayon and autographic ink so far.... Except in
the case of the dunghill that became... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(29 and 30 July 1883)
... for me to continue
my painting.
Today I have bought a tripod easel for sketching out of
doors and canvas. The former is very convenient, because it
keeps one from getting so dirty when one has to work on one's
knees out of doors. For the moment I... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 17 September 1883)
... will have your share of it.
When I came here, I had with me a number of half-used tubes
and a few new ones, just enough for about six studies, but
certainly no more. So with the next money I will order some at
once, enough for a few more studies.... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 27 September 1883)
... the same, even
if I stayed here.
I am bargaining for two lots of old tubes, which are just
damaged a little on the outside, one from Leurs, the other from
Furnée, who is that land surveyor's father; and in
addition, I should need brushes, canvas, watercolours... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Furneé
(3-16 January 1884)
... “Gardener with Wheelbarrow, JH 440]
Enclosed another order for your father. I hope you will be
kind enough to select the watercolour brushes yourself, not too
thin and not too thick; the same as are generally used.
Something like this:
Well,... |
