Felix Scheinberger > Quotes

“I’ll let you in on a secret. The secret to understanding colors is not so much knowing about their structure or the way they come into this world. The secret to using color is to understand the way we perceive them and what they mean to us. Theory remains theoretical, but practice is colorful.”
― Felix Scheinberger, Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling in Color

“Watercolor is, however, not jut a technique. It is almost an attitude. Watercolor always does what it wants. In a way, it is willful and anarchical.”
― Felix Scheinberger, Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling in Color

“The idea of mixing pigments and gum arabic together to make watercolor paint is very old. But at the beginning of the nineteenth century the English chemists W. Winsor and H. Newton were the first to add glycerin to the blend to make the paints maintain a semi-moist consistency when stored in paintboxes.”
― Felix Scheinberger, Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling in Color

“There is no right or wrong in painting. Every design decision contains countless possibilities and subtleties.”
― Felix Scheinberger, Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling in Color