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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(c. 27 February 1883)
... left, and I have no time to do it better.
What can you see from it? - (1) what kind of paper it is;
(2) on which side you must draw; (3) what kinds of things one
can do on it - but the autographic ink is treacherous.
Sometimes the transferring succeeds quite... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(c. 5 March 1883)
... of the sketch of the tools. ]
The scraper I used has this form: I got it at Smulders's -
[illegible] called a point - to scratch hair with, for
instance, only for light fine scratches like those an etching
needle makes, but which turn out white on the black
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 6 March 1883)
... in which that crayon can be used.
I wrote Rappard about the crayon yesterday, because I had to
write him about various things concerning lithography; and as I
wanted to send him a few sketches done with it, I used it for
some drawings of our baby, in different... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(c. 2-4 April 1883)
... understand that you are very busy.
Just one thing, though. What do you think of the following
method for making drawings in black and white? You make a
drawing, either with lead pencil or with charcoal. Put as much
vigour into it as you can, but without worrying... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 21 & 22 April 1883)
... come. Perhaps
he will come this week.
At present there isn't a single drawing in which I do not
work with brush and printer's ink.
To tell you the truth, my purse is rather empty; it
certainly isn't your fault, yet it isn't mine, either - no
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(c. 21 May 1883)
... in it that you will be able to use.
And try washing with a wet brush in something you have drawn
with litho-graphic crayon. If you take the trouble, you will be
able to find some things in the printer's ink that will be
useful and practical - probably more and... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(c. 25 May 1883)
...
How much beauty one can find, can't one? I have now sketched
the Peat Cutters with charcoal, “black mountain
crayon” and autographic ink [F 1031, JH 363]. I have not
yet used the strong effects of printer's ink in it, so its
aspect is not as vigorous... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(13 or 14 June 1883)
... not know the place of the joints in a cow. At
present I personally often do it this way: when I draw a digger
putting one leg in front of the other, or one arm in front of
the other, or bending his head, I still draw in detail the leg,
the arm, which disappeared... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 23-28 June 1883)
... from this long period of drudgery.
So, for instance, my dislike for working with charcoal is
disappearing more every day. One reason for this is that I have
found a way to fix the charcoal and then work over it, for
instance, with printer's ink.
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