Painting to look alive.
Strangely but draw well or virtuously is not important, if this were the criterion, then with the advent of photography in the art could put a cross. But no. Photography did not kill painting. Why? Because the artist somehow transmits energy to the picture. And that is what we feel and that is why in the long run no matter what, and how to draw, it is important how much energy lies in the picture. I have not seen Rothko, but he saw Bacon - cool.
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