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A handbook of pictorial art (1875)

Tyrwhitt, R. St. John (Richard St. John), 1827-1895, Macdonald, A. (Alexander), 1839-1921 · Oxford, The Clarendon press · leaf 172

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mples are chosen mostly from Renaissance orna-ment, and might not benefit the pupils taste ; but long before he reachesthem he will be only too eager to close the book for ever and proceed tosolid drawing. No one is likely to receive a bias from them, and no onecan fail to learn to draw in line… … CURVE No. 2. Our second example speaks for itself tolerably well. First draw tlic1 irgc parallelogram which contains both the flower ornaments. Thenbisect it, continuing the perpendicular line. That gives you a ccritralline; and a little below the lower side of the parallelogram is a pointon the…

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