The art of drawing in its various branches : exemplified in a course of twenty-eight progressive lessons, calculated to afford those who are unacquainted with the art, the means of acquiring a competent knowledge without the aid of a master : being the only work of the kind in which the principles of effect are explained in a clear, methodical, and at the same time familiar style (1827)
Smith, Thomas, watercolorist, Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, publisher, Clowes, William, 1779-1847, printer · London : Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-Row · leaf 159
A curved line is contrasted either by a straight line ora curved line placed in an opposite direction, as infig. 4; the dome of the building is contrasted both byits straight sides and the line of the clouds, which curvein a different direction. Fig. 4. … ON CONTRAST. 103 A serpentine line is best contrasted by any straightline, as in fig. 5 ; the line of houses forms an oppositionto the windings of the river. Pig. 5. A heavy form is contrasted by a light one, as theheavy form of the post in fig. 6 is contrasted by thelightness of the weeds which…
Drawing · Watercolor painting · Color
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