Sensitive and dynamic drawing is the backbone of all great painting.
All color fades after a short
period of time and paintings obsessed primarily with color and
thick paint soon lose significance; where as paintings that focus
on form and drawing maintain importance and emotion over time.
Monet said to Sargent near the
end of his life, that he was happy with his contribution of light
and color, but— if he could
paint his paintings again— he would incorporate more form and drawing as
he said his paintings would soon lose their significance.