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 40
l, in acquiring that command of hand,without which, proficiency in drawing is of no easy attainment. As in nature, objects take everyvariety of form and direction, so should the lines or touches, used in their delineation, have equalfreedom in their direction, and always adapted to the purpose, and… … Suppose, for example, we desire to represent a squareblock, with a smooth, even surface: the greater degreeof evenness and regularity that we can preserve in thelines, the nearer we will approach its faithful resem-blance ; and if, on the other hand, its surface be broken,or uneven, we must have…
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