. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. HCO K-1 < W H ^ IVillem Roelofs. ETCHING that is in it; it is like music that would make usdream of those big clouds, of that murmuringwater, of the quiet road along the dyke. It is notenough to take brown, grey or black pigment toattain this; but along with your most correctstudies from nature you ought to put somethingof your own feelings in to make a picture. Perhapsyou will think the old painters, especially in land- scape, are less naturalthan the modern. That istrue. In modern land-scapes we try more andmore to co
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. HCO K-1 < W H ^ IVillem Roelofs. ETCHING that is in it; it is like music that would make usdream of those big clouds, of that murmuringwater, of the quiet road along the dyke. It is notenough to take brown, grey or black pigment toattain this; but along with your most correctstudies from nature you ought to put somethingof your own feelings in to make a picture. Perhapsyou will think the old painters, especially in land- scape, are less naturalthan the modern. That istrue. In modern land-scapes we try more andmore to come closer tonature, to get free fromtricks and adopted theoriesof composition and means of expressionare advancing towards per-fection. Impressions ofnature not seized by theold masters, effects of lightand colour unnoticed bythem, have been renderedsubservient to art. But aUthis knowledge is vainwhen emotion is absent. From this extract, the reader can gather some-thing of the personal charm of Roelofs and theweight his conversation had upon those present tolisten. But this was an honour re
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