Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 22
ach it, the wholehull cuts clear against the sky. After this theboat becomes more and more hidden, until it dis-appears from sight, whence the nautical term hull down. You must not gather from this that the visiblehorizon should be drawn curved instead of ruledstraight. From the top of some… … If you look down on the same scene from apier, so that your eye is 10 feet above the sand,the subject will look like this. The vanishing-linestill slopes across the horizon, just where the wavesand water-marks seem to vanish, but the heads ofthe men are now 4 feet below it. Of course the men in the…
Drawing · Perspective
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