William Robert Powell

“ The drawing of a subject is carefully done with a soft pencil and in a fine light line, so that it will not show in the picture after the color is applied. Drawing is as important in his work as color and value. ”

“ When the sky and shadows are completed the main values of the picture are established, and the highlights being thin and transparent do not change the other values.
Most of the color is mixed on the paper as the work progresses and not on the palette, thus a pleasing transparent change and variety of color is obtained which can be seen by a study of the shadows and highlights in the plates. ”