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 171
clear and explanatory, than by an attempt atelegance of diction, to lose that perspicuity so necessaryin works of instruction, and which is so often neglectedby scientific men. J14 ON HARMONY. LESSON XXVII. On Harmony. As we have before observed, harmony consists in asameness or similarity of… … 1 there exists a perfect harmony in the lines of the twomountains which follow one another, and in the straightlines of the two rows of houses and square lump ofstone in the foreground, and the straight lines of thewater. From this example, the student will readily perceivewhat is meant by harmony…
Drawing · Watercolor painting · Color
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