Ladies' manual of art : or, Profit and pastime : a self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood : the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature, pastel and crayon drawing, taxidermy, etc (1887)
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up the shadows, and approaches nearer to Vandykebrown in oils. Flowers. To paint flowers well it isnecessary that the drawing should be ex-ceedingly correct and sober in its lines,for the tints having to be very light andvery pure, too many pencil marks wouldinjure the painting. The little details… … CHINA PAINTING. 119 A general rule for the manipulation of the brush in flowe?painting may be laid down thus: The handling is always donethe way of the petals, converging towards the center. Leaves. Each plant possesses a particular kind of leaf, andeven in the rose the leaves of different…
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