The elements of drawing in three letters to beginners (1898)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Maynard, Merrill ; London : G. Allen · leaf 123
illing them up with ink, every leaf-mass and stalk of it in simple black profile, asyou see them against the paper: Fig. 8 is abough of Phillyrea so drawn. Do not be afraidof running the leaves into a black mass whenthey come together; this exercise is only to LETTER I.] ON FIRST PRACTICE. 83 teach… … Fig. 8. are good, and industrious, you will make onesuch study carefully at least three times aweek, until you have examples of every sortof tree and shrub you can get branches of.You are to make two studies of each bough,for this reason,—all masses of foliage have 84 THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING.…
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