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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 136

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ruth does notconsist in putting in every little vein you may happen to see in aleaf, because it is impossible for you to put in all those little veinswithout undue exaggeration ; your drawing would certainly be too TRUTH IN A DRAWING 117 crowded and become flat and uninteresting, and probably a… … Fig. 72.—Pen-and-ink drawing of a Plane Leaf, by G. P. Jacomb-Hood. then what are of less value and consequently to be slightly expressed,and lastly, what details are so unimportant that they may be leftout altogether. If you look at the object with eyes half closed,you will find that unimportant…

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