The national drawing master, on a new principle, Issue 691858 |
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according actual angle appear arranged artist ascertain base line become blue brown brush cause centre circumstances color consequently converging copy correct dark denote depicted determinative direction display distance drawing drawn edge effect employed equal exactly existing extending eye's line feet figure five foliage foot further green ground half hand head height horizon line imitation increases indicated intensity kind latter length less Lesson lies light line of direction lying marked mass means Nature nearer object outline parallel particular pencil perfect perfectly perpendicular perspective picture plane point of sight portion position possible practice proceeding produce proper proportion receding regards relatively render represent representation requisite respect rule scene shading shadow side sketch space standing supposing surface tint tone touch tree true vertical wash whilst whole width of range yellow
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Page 44 - A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A towered citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't that nod unto the world And mock our eyes with air.
Page 26 - On the contrary, he who recurs to nature, at every recurrence renews his strength. The rules of art he is never likely to forget; they are few and simple; but nature is refined, subtle, and infinitely various, beyond the power and retention of memory; it is necessary, therefore, to have continual recourse to her. In this intercourse there is no end of his improvement; the longer he lives, the nearer he approaches to the true and perfect idea of art.
Page 11 - Expression distinguishes the species of action in the whole and in all the parts— in the faces, figures, limbs, and extremities. Whether the story be heroic, grave, or tender, it is the very soul of composition— it animates its characters and gradations, as the human soul doth the body and limbs— it engages the attention, and excites an interest which compensates for a multitude of defects— whilst the most admirable execution, without a just and lively expression, will be disregarded as laborious...
Page 52 - ... in any other tree. The foliage too is superior to that of any other of the tribe, each branch being perfect in its form ; the points of the leaves spread upwards into beautiful little tufts, and the whole upper surface of the branch has the appearance of velvet ; the colour is a rich green, wanting the bluish tint of the pine and fir, and the lurid and gloomy hue of the cypress.
Page 52 - ... of the ground, and in the form of the branches and their insertion into the trunk, not found in any other pine, scarcely in any other tree. The foliage, too, is superior to that of any other of the tribe, each branch being perfect in its form : the points of the leaves spread upwards into beautiful little tufts ; and the whole upper surface of the branch, which droops in a graceful curve toward the extremity, having the semblance of velvet.
Page 92 - ... the hinge, and at a distance from it equal to the length of the rod ; find the tension in the string when the rod rests in a horizontal position.
Page v - In the practice of drawing or painting from Nature, there can be no doubt that, until correctness of eye and obedience of hand are attained, the closest possible, the most minute imitation, is the best. The aim at deception can do no harm until these powers are matured ; for, as Fuseli remarks, — " deception is the parent of imitation;" and till the taste is well advanced, it is in a high degree dangerous to attempt to generalise.
Page 8 - In the case of a fracture, say, at the junction of the middle and lower thirds of the leg, three measurements are taken : ( 1 ) the length of the limb from 1£ inches above the knee to the sole of the foot; (2) the circumference of the thigh at the level of about 1^ inches above the knee; (3) the length of the foot from the heel to the ball of the big toe. An oblong piece of shrunk house-flannel or old blanket is then cut out, of such dimensions that it is one way 1^ inches longer than 1, the other...