Always when you draw make up your mind definitely as to what are the
salient characteristics of the object, and express those as personally
as you can, not minding whether your view is or is not shared by your
relatives and friends. Now this is not _carte blanche_ to be capricious,
nor does it intend to make you seek for novelty; but if you are true to
your own vision, as heretofore you have been, you will always be
original and personal in your work. In stating your opinion on the
structural character of man, bird, or beast, always wilfully caricature;
it gives you something to prune, which is ever so much more
satisfactory than having constantly to fill gaps which an unincisive
vision has caused, and which will invariably make work dull and mediocre
and wooden.
_C. W. Furse._