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 31
f which is parallel to thePicture. Let ABCD be the picture, EF the horizontal line, Gthe centre of the picture, and H the point of distance:First draw the square front of the house a, b, c, d with thefour windows in it, which, being parallel with the. planeof the picture, will have no vanishing… … 2,3,4 from the point 1, the first being equal to thedistance between the corner of the house c and the door,the second equal to the breadth of the door-way, and thethird equal to the distance between the door-way and thefarther corner/: next draw the vanishing lines H 2, H3,and H4, where the point…
Drawing · Watercolor painting · Color
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