The elements of drawing : in its various branches, for the use of students ... containing several hundred examples, from the works of the greatest masters (1827)
Hamilton, George, drawing-master · London : Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. · leaf 223
is made of burnt Umber,Indigo, and Lake, each to be rubbed in a Saucer separately,and then mixed in due proportion in a fourth Saucer, so as toproduce the exact Colour, which may be called a warm Grey. The Colour is then to be thinned with Water, for the lighttints, as the sky, distances, &c.… … PLATE XL. COLOURED LANDSCAPE. This beautiful subject is from a drawing of that truly in-genious Artist Mr. Varley, who has obligingly favoured uswith a list of the colours used by him in drawing; togetherwith the mixtures prepared under his direction, and whichrender mixtures unnecessary on the…
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