Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Poetry and Art

SABCL - Volume 27

Part 3. Literature, Art, Beauty and Yoga
Section 2. On the Visual Arts
Problems of the Painter

Drawing from Nature [1]

I have drawn four faces from my imagination, each with a different character and personality.

Drawing from imagination is useless.

I have the idea of drawing the pictures of Nandalal Bose.

You can copy Nandalal — but drawing from Nature is best.

23 April 1933