van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(Aug/Sep 1881)
... have a souvenir from my little trip. At Stam's I found Ingres paper twice as thick as the ordinary kind, one can work better on it. But alas, it's white. Would there be any chance of your sending some of that same kind, but the colour of unbleached muslin...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(September 1881)
... [See illustrations Page 2 below] I brought along some conté-crayon in wood (just like pencils) from The Hague, and I work with them a great deal now.
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(12 October 1881)
... of diggers, sowers, etc., men and women. At present I am working a good deal with charcoal and black crayon, and I have also tried sepia and watercolour. Well, I do not venture to say that you will see progress in my drawings, but most certainly you will...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 21 December 1881)
... my best to find a good studio, and besides, I must start using better paint and better paper now. For studies and sketches, though, the Ingres paper is excellent. And it works out much cheaper to make my own sketchbooks in various sizes from that than to...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22-24 December 1881)
... days at Prinsenhage and will also come here. You must know, Theo, that Mauve has sent me a paintbox with paint, brushes, palette, palette knife, oil, turpentine - in short, everything necessary. So it is now settled that I shall begin to paint, and I...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(5 August 1882)
... I will tell you what I have bought. First, a large-size moist-colour box containing 12 pieces or tubes of watercolours, with a double cover, one of which can be used as a palette; there is also room for about six brushes. It is an article which is of great...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 August 1882)
... gives me a new, fresh view of things. The next time you send money, I shall buy some good marten brushes, which are the real drawing brushes, as I have discovered, for drawing a hand or a profile in colour. Also, I see they are absolutely necessary...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(18-19 September 1882)
... man from the almshouse posing for me. Now it is really high time I returned Karl Robert's Le fusain to you. I have read it through more than once, but fusain [charcoal] does not come easily to me, and I prefer to work with a carpenter's pencil. I wish I could...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 10 October 1882)
... or somewhere often helps me. Well, be sure to write by the twentieth, I have had to buy some Whatman paper and brushes. You cannot believe how many things one sometimes needs. Well, it's the same with every painter. A handshake in thought,...

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