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)
Philadelphia : American Mutual Library Association · leaf 40
WITH SUGGESTIONS FROM THE BEST ENGLISH AUTHORS. •• Exactly in proportion as an artist is certain of his end, ,will be be swiftand simple in his means; and as he is accurate and deep In his knowledge,will he be precise and refined in his touch.—Ruskin. … PORTRAITS. OR the past few years a great improvementhas been made m the execution of portraitsin black and colored crayons. Crayon paint-ing is much easier in its execution than oilpainting, and pictures may be completed atone sitting, owing to the fact that dry colorsare used instead of oil, which…
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