Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 50
e men are standing atprecisely the same distance from each other as inthe first of this series, there is now very littledifference in the sizes of them. It now becomesa very unexciting affair, and to counteract this tendency you must put more swing and action intoyour picture the narrower the angle… … I think I may give an idea of wide andnarrow angles by introducing here some of theworks of the old masters. First, the wonderful short - distance portrait by Van Eyck. Thispicture must have been painted long beforethe rules of perspective were formulated ; none
Drawing · Perspective
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