The elements of drawing in three letters to beginners (1898)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Maynard, Merrill ; London : G. Allen · leaf 212
being somewhatsoft and leathery in aspect, owing to the wantof angles in their outline. By great men like 172 THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING, [letter 11. Titian, this somewhat conventional structurewas only given in haste to distant masses;and their exquisite delineation of the fore-ground, kept their… … Fig. 27. worst which it is possible to get into the habitof using, though an ignorant person mightperhaps suppose it more free, and thereforebetter than Fig. 26. Note also, that in nobleoutline drawing, it does not follow that abough is wrongly drawn, because it lookscontracted unnaturally…
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