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 34
part of a circle. Let A B be the base line, C D the horizontal line, Dthe centre of the picture, and C the distance point:draw the line A a equal to the height of the bridge; thevanishing line a D, which will give the top, and the lineA D the bottom of the bridge ; next mark off thedistances 1, c2,… … perspective breadths of the arches and piers; next drawthe piers, after which nothing remains but to draw the iiiiiiiinmi«ii.iiimiiiiwii— 10 PERSPECTIVE. arches. To do this according to rule mark off on theline A a the distance from A to b, equal to the height ofthe arches, and draw the line b D…
Drawing · Watercolor painting · Color
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