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 20
DRAWING FROM NATURE. chin, foi I had never drawn from real objects before. The disconsolate way in which I wandered up and down the banks, abounding with rich and picturesque subjects, such as old boats, ships breaking up, mills, bridges, trees, and water-plants, is still deeply im- … I just now alluded to the dif- ficulty I experienced in my choice of a subject. The eloquent author of "'Modern Painters" teds us we are "to reject nothing-, select nothing, and scorn nothing." Now, presumptuous as it is to scorn the least portion of a creation which has been declared perfect, we…
Drawing · Landscape drawing · Plants in art
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