The theory and practice of landscape painting in water-colours. Illustrated by a series of twenty-six drawings and diagrams in colours, and numerous woodcuts (1871)
Barnard, George, 1807-1890 · London : George Routledge & Sons · leaf 129
it must be observed, that in the foregroundof the picture the eye penetrates so clearly into the details of every object,that, to imitate this transparency, it cannot be made so dark as in themiddle distance, where these details are lost in a breadth of shade. As a general rule, neither the light… … Fig. 20. More variety is obtained by introducing it on one side, near an upper cor-ner, and allowing it topass in unequal quan-tities towards the op-posite side, as shownin Fig. 20, cottageson the coast of SouthDevon ; a sweet spot,Ipl where Collins paintedsome of his most suc-cessful pictures.…
Landscape painting · Watercolor painting
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