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The art of sketching from nature (1888)

Delamotte, Philip Henry, 1821-1889 · London : G. Bell · leaf 107

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ll and irregular, as the horizontal lines in Fig. 4 by the irregularities of the spire and buildings ; an angular projection should be counterbalanced by curved lines, but the same curve must not repeat itself too often, and curves should be broken by projections. Thus the curves in the foliage in… … The Farm Yard. Girtin. Fig. 6. projections, however, ought never to occur in the middle between the ends of the curve, but nearer one side than the other. Thus a clump of trees rounding off both ways becomes picturesque if broken by a chimney or a poplar (objects not picturesque in themselves), if…

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