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The art of sketching from nature (1871)

Delamotte, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1821-1889 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 107

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ffective. An absolute copy ofthe same object weakens, but a tolerably similar but weaker object strengthens,the effect. CONTRAST. In all cases variety should be sought after as much as possible; a similareffect repeated over and over again becomes a mere mannerism. Thus wemust not always seek to… … At Dover. S. Prout. Fig. 5. thrown against a background partly lighter and partly darker than itself. Infact, no line should be left against a tint of the same depth throughout. Thismay be seen in the keel of the boat drawn by S. Prout (Fig. 5) : the part opposedto the sky is far darker than that…

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