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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 154

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wof the flower or plant before us, the especial way in which itappeals to 7is individually. We shall learn from these drawingsalso to be as simple as possible in our work, not to over-crowd it, to select the points that express the life and graceand poetry of the plant, and to pass lightly over… … 136 SOME HINTS ON LEARNING TO DRAW what we feel ourselves, and if we feel little, we can imagine howlittle of the charm and grace of the flower will pass into ourdrawing. We have to seize the best points of what we see,and to be very careful not to exaggerate any defects, but ratherto be oblivious…

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