Roelofs' [his teacher then] advice is to paint rather thick, that is to say firmly in the paint and use this preferably without any oil or turpentine.. .I hope you will understand it well, not thick in color, because he [Roelofs] only achieves that haze and the strength of colors by painting it over repeatedly. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Roelofs' [his teacher then] advice is to paint rather thick, that is to say firmly in the paint and use this preferably without any oil or turpentine.. .I hope you will understand it well, not thick in color, because he [Roelofs] only achieves that haze and the strength of colors by painting it over repeatedly. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)" in the context of "(original Dutch: citaat van Hendrik Willem Mesdag's brief, in het Nederlands:) De raad van Roelofs is bepaald dik schilderen, dat wil zeggen, goed in de verf en deze liefst gebruiken zonder olie of terpetijn.. .Ik hoop dat gij het goed begrijpt, niet dik van kleur, want juist hij bereikt alleen dat waas en de kracht van kleur door het herhaald overschilderen.
 • In a letter of Hendrik Willem Mesdag [Roelof's student then in Brussels], 7 Jan. 1867 to A. J. van Prooijen; Museum Mesdag, Archive, The Hague" to mean that wisdom is timeless.