The elements of drawing in three letters to beginners (1895)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London : George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington · leaf 189
lines freely in a similar manner; and they are stated by Mr. Harding to be universal in applica- tion ; " all outlines expressive of foliage/' he says, "are but modifications of them." They consist of groups of lines, more or less resembling our Fig. 23 below ; and the characters especially… … principle of this method Fig. 23. of execution confirms, in a very interesting way, our conclusions respecting foliage composition. The reason of the last rule, that the outer end of the line is to be most emphatic, does not indeed at first appear; for the line at one end of a natural leaf is not…
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