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 76
56 DRAWING FKOM NATURE. THE WEEPING WILLOW. — Salix Bahylonica. " Shadowy trees that lean So elegantly itly o'er the water's brim." FOLIAGE DIFFICULT TO RENDER -LEAVES LONGER AND AT GREATER INTERVALS THAN COM MON WILLOW— TEARS ON LEAVES— ASSOCIATIONS. … he praises it "as a very picturesque tree, a perfect contrast to the poplar." The head of the tree is rounded, and takes a mass of light, but the branches being very long and diverging in all directions, the foliage should gradually diminish as they approach the ground or water. The leaves agreeing…
Drawing · Landscape drawing · Plants in art
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