The art of marine painting in water-colours (1885)
Carmichael, J. W. (John Wilson), 1799-1868 · London : Winsor and Newton · leaf 56
32 LIGHT. did. it not communicate to the student information sufficient to explain certain accepted rules. The leading principle which seems to be felt and acknowledged by all artists, is the disposal of light and shade into one half middle tint, one fourth light, and one fourth dark ; as shown in… … Many admirable Marine pictures of the Dutch school have been more than three parts of the subject light, and even less than one-eighth dark. It will, therefore, be understood, that although there are rules which prescribe effective proportions, there is yet left a wide margin for the exercise of…
Marine painting · Watercolor painting
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