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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r and lowerlines of the windows and doors, base and sidewalk. In making a sketch of a building, it is only necessary to getthe general outlines, and instead of working in all the doors andwindows, finishing up the cornice, etc., all that is necessary willbe to get the outline of one door or window,… … Fig. 5. make a dot on the sketch board at a point where you wish thefirst upper corner of the building to commence, draw a perpen-dicular line for the corner, do likewise at such a distance to theleft as you wish the building to extend on the sketch, and youhave the other corner. Holding the…
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![An illustration from Eyn schön nützlich Büchlin vnd Vnderweisung der Kunst des Messens mit dem Zirckel, Richtscheidt oder Linial : zu nutz allen Kunstliebhabern fürnemlich den Malern, Bildhawern, Goldschmiden, Seidenstikern, Steynmetzen, Scheinern auch allen Andern so sich der Kunst des Messens (Perspectiua zü latin gnant) zügebrauchen Lust haben : darin Man auch solche Kunst leichter dan ausz etzlichen hieuorgetruckten Büchern begreiffen vn lernen mag mit vil [i.e., 56] schönen darzü dienenden Figuren (1531)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-eynschnntzlichbc00rodl-27-43.webp)
