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

Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 31

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elp you to produce the effect you desire.The design woven on a dress, or the blazon ona flag, can be thus used. In this picture I have utilised the spume on the surface of the waves to model their shapes.You will see at once how by foreshortening themarkings you give a notion of heave and swellto… … When the wind blows in straight lines, theyvanish in points as other straight lines do. Inthis drawing I have supposed that what sailorscall the winds eye, i.e. the point of the com-pass from which the wind is blowing, is behindthe lightship with the ball on its mast. Youwill notice that the smoke…

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