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Nature's laws and the making of pictures (1903)

Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 24

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f the tide comes up, keepmoving back. If the sun moves round, moveround too ; your rules will keep your drawingfrom going very far wrong, providing you bearthem in mind all the time you are painting. This,by the way, is not so easy to carry out as you wouldthink. It is only after considerable… … In nature the slopes seldom run on far at thesame angle, so I will show you now how to applyyour rules when the slopes vary. Let us supposethat the light dry sand in the foreground is some-what steeper than the dark wet sand lower down.Your eye is the same height above the sand as thoseof the…

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