The novelist PERSON@1 observed PERSON@2 at work and wrote that some days he would paint from dawn till dusk without stopping to eat , and then not paint for three or four days at a time .

The novelist PERSON@1 saw PERSON@2 at work . PERSON@3 wrote that on some days he would paint from morning till night without stopping to eat . Then for three or four days he would not paint at all .
