The elements of drawing in three letters to beginners (1898)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Maynard, Merrill ; London : G. Allen · leaf 121
will see them definedagainst the sky in masses, which, at first,look quite definite; but if you examine them, letter i.] ON FIRST PRACTICE. 81 you will see, mingled with the real shapes ofleaves, many indistinct lines, which are, someof them, stalks of leaves, and some, leavesseen with the edge… … c V Fig. 7. then, when removed some yards farther still,the stalk and point disappear altogether, themiddle of the leaf becomes little more thana line; and the result is the condition at c,only with this farther subtlety in the look ofit, inexpressible in the woodcut, that the stalkand point of the…
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