The elements of drawing in three letters to beginners (1898)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Maynard, Merrill ; London : G. Allen · leaf 165
f the little mound on theleft.1 It is facsimiled from an etching ofTurners, and is as good an example as youcan have of the use of pure and firm lines;it will also show you how the particular actionin foliage, or anything else to which youwish to direct attention, may be intensifiedby the adjuncts.… … ^yy*-** Fig. 20. 126 THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING, [letter n. rounded bushes on the bank are made tolook more rounded because their line is con-tinued in one broad sweep by the black dogand the boy climbing the wall. These figuresare placed entirely with this object, as weshall see more fully hereafter…
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