The elements of drawing in three letters to beginners (1898)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Maynard, Merrill ; London : G. Allen · leaf 200
you, or seeing a piece ofnear foliage against the sky, you may draw IOO THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING, [letter ii. the entire outline of the leaves, yet if thespray has light upon it, and is ever so littlea way off, you will miss, as we have seen,a point of a leaf here, and an edge there;some of the… … Fig. 25, be neither like Fig. 9 nor Fig. 24, but suchan interrupted and puzzling piece of work asFig. 25.1 132. Now, it is in the perfect acknowledg-ment and expression of these three lawsthat all good drawing of landscape consists. 1 I draw this figure (a young shoot of oak) in outline only,it…
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