Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 21
a wall, because thesides of your canvas and all the upright lines inthe picture are already conniving towards thatpoint. If you paint on a ceiling it will be quitecorrect to do so, and if you design a pavementyou can draw the upright lines vanishing towardsthe nadir. One often sees men at the… … Here is a slope of sand. We are looking alongshore, and the vanishing-line inclines across thepicture, cutting the horizon just where high-watermark and the margin of the sea seem to vanish.I have marked the spot by a lighthouse. To getthis view you must be sitting down with your eye3 feet from the…
Drawing · Perspective
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