The American drawing-book : a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist : especially adapted to the use of public and private schools, as well as home instruction (1847)
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889 · New York : J.S. Redfield · leaf 34
line at the moment, and to reproduce it at will. It is bythis matured capacity that he is able to catch the fleeting expression of a face, or the action of afigure, and to represent them with a degree of accuracy, as wonderful to the uninitiated as service-able to him •, for it gives him a power,… … S^j§§| 94. Without crowding the limited space allotted to these elementary instructions, with morenumerous examples of the figure, than will be found scattered throughout the chapters devotedto them, and directing the pupil to the study of nature, and such good specimens in prints,drawings, or…
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