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 37
werthan the horizontal line, will grow broader and broaderas they get lower down, the eye seeing more over them.When the object is extremely large, and the student isafraid that he cannot draw them sufficiently true withthe hand, he may draw them in perspective by enclosingeach hoop in a square as… … sides must be drawn so, that if continued, they wouldvanish in a point above the horizontal line, recollectingthat the steeper the road the higher will be the vanish-ing point. When the road to be represented is perfectly level,the sides would meet in the horizontal line, as in themiddle road, fig.…
Drawing · Watercolor painting · Color
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