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Lithographs of Germaine Raynal
Matisse on the importance of drawing to his process
Henri Matisse
Now, I usually do the drawings in the evening, when it’s too dark to paint. When I am mastering them, you see effect of light and shadow, deliberately leaving colors aside. And then when I go back to my real work the next day, I have subconsciously gained new ways of looking at things, which will benefit the painting, even if it’s indirectly.
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