Drawing from nature : a series of progressive instructions in sketching, to which are appended lectures on art delivered at Rugby School (1877)
Barnard, George, 1807-1890 · London : G. Routledge · leaf 185
ess abun- dance. Often the purple blossom waving at a distance on a hot summer's day, invites the wanderer to some cool sequestered spot. The stems of this Willow-herb are much branched, so that the plant has somewhat the appearance of a shrub. The leaves, like most downy foliage, are of a grayish-… … sunsets sometimes seen over our English meadows. Their colours recall the delicate and varied yellows which then surround the sun, while the associations connected with this plant are invariably suggestive of calmness and repose. Crowded though the flowers are, they are yet so
Drawing · Landscape drawing · Plants in art
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