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 6
f the American Drawing-Bookis not to teach the methods of drawing trees, houses, faces, figures, or flowers, by separaterecipe, nor to direct the learner by short-cuts to the attainment of proficiency in any onebranch singly 5 but, to place before him the broad principles of Design, a knowledge of… … 60 RUDIMENTS OF DRAWING. advised is sincerely believed to be the surest and most direct to the attainment of that object.It is no experiment, but one that has been well tested and proved, claiming no novelty, beyondits adaptation to the wants and purposes of our time and country, divesting the art…
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