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Some hints on learning to draw (1893)

Hutchinson, G. W. Caldwell, Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896 · London ; New York : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 123

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that time is short, our record of the object cannot be de-tailed, we must make a sketch and put in it what we can. Naturallywe ought to seize the most important points first; and also thedirection of our lines should express something of the direction ofthe surface of the object, and its texture… … Fig. 64.—Pencil sketch by J. R. Weguelin. A sketch differs essentially from a finished drawing or study fromnature ; a study implies labour and a desire to record as much asis necessary to obtain a finished result, and aims at leaving little forthe imagination, but desires to satisfy and occupy the…

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