Bartholomew, William N. (William Newton), 1822-1898 · Boston, Cyrus G. Cooke · leaf 50
LINEAR PERSPECTIVE. 44 62. The pupil should now attempt a sketch of some simple building, seen in parallel perspective. In sketching any object as large as a buiMing, we may say, speaking in general terms, that the distance of the draughts- man from the object should be, at least, fifteen or twenty… … outline of a building of the usual form, draw the lines in the order indi- cated by the numerals in Figs. 28 and 29. The dotted lines in these figures are used as aids in determining the perspectives of the peaks of the gables, and, therefore, in the drawing, they should be made very light. If the…
Perspective · Drawing
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