The elements of drawing in three letters to beginners (1898)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Maynard, Merrill ; London : G. Allen · leaf 141
ight lines,that is to say, with the easiest and quickestlines possible to themselves. When the handis free, the easiest line for it to draw is oneinclining from the left upwards to the right,or vice versa, from the right downwards to theleft; and when done very quickly, the lineis hooked a little… … Fig. ii. 102 THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING. [letter i. him using simple straight lines from left toright, when an inferior master would haveused curved ones. Fig. 11 is a fair facsimileof part of a sketch of Raphaels, which ex-hibits these characters very distinctly. Eventhe careful drawings of Leonardo…
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