First (Second) book of drawing (by J. Clark). |
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90 degrees angle of 90 appear base line beautiful beneath bistre centre character circle colour commence compasses copying cottage determine diagonal lines diagram diminution distance dity draw the base draw the diagonals drawing-board edge EDINBURGH effect equilateral triangle escalops foliage foreground give gonal gradation of tint ground half-tint height horizontal line human figure imitation intersects the visual landscape leaf let the student light and shade line H linear perspective mark mind nature needle object observe outline paper parallel perpendicular line picture placed point of sight portion power of tint preserve principal produced pupil racter ray CP receding side regulated represented right angles ROBERT CHAMBERS rules of perspective scene second plan shadow sketch sketch-book slate slate-pen space spectator sponge square station straight line straight-edge subordinate lights surface thread tion touch trees vanishing points visual rays wash WATERLOO PLACE width window
Passatges populars
Pàgina 84 - ... colouring, (which see.) The modes in which taste is cultivated at Lyons deserve particular attention, study, and imitation. Among the weavers of that city, (as well as among those of the other great cities of France) much attention is devoted to anything in any way connected with the beautiful either in figure or colour. Weavers may be seen in their holiday leisure gathering flowers and grouping them in the most engaging combinations. They are continually suggesting new designs to their employers,...
Pàgina 60 - ... into shade. In art, advantage is taken of this mixture of light and dark parts, not only for the facility with which it enables the draughtsman to separate the parts of a scene, but for the agreeable effects which may be produced by the judicious association and distribution of the light and shade. In the representation of a round object, it is only by a careful disposition of the light upon the convex part, and the truth of the attendant reflected light and shadow, that the appearance of roundness...
Pàgina 84 - It is in the production of the patterns of silk goods, that the French have a decided advantage over the British ; they probably have little or none after the design is put into the loom. The modes in which taste is cultivated at Lyons deserve particular study and imitation in this country. Among the weavers of the place, the children and...
Pàgina 84 - Among the weavers of the place, the children, and everybody connected with devising patterns, much attention is devoted to every thing in any way connected with the beautiful either in figure or colour. Weavers may be seen in their holiday leisure gathering flowers, and grouping them in the most engaging combinations. They are continually suggesting new designs to their employers; and are thus the fruitful source of elegant patterns.
Pàgina 55 - ... the window. Take your outline and within it draw the principal fibres as you see them. To do this properly will require a great deal of practice, but it will pave the way to your being able to draw the most complex groups of flowers and foliage that can be placed before you.
Pàgina 113 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Pàgina 12 - ... angles is called a right angle; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it. XL An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle. XII. An acute angle is that which is less than a right angle. XIII. " A term or boundary is the extremity of any thing.
Pàgina 54 - You may then vary your practice, by adopting other simple subjects of a similar kind, until you find you can do them all with ease. Before endeavouring to draw more than one leaf at a time you must know a little of perspective. The most simple mode by which you will...
Pàgina 54 - ... through which it will lead them to view the most ordinary productions of Nature. She shall be their instructor, for all that we can pretend to do is to point out to them a practical mode of receiving her lessons. In the first place, let your attempts be of the most simple kind, and on as large a scale as you can conveniently adopt. Therefore, begin by procuring a black painted board or slate, of from two to three feet square ; and with white chalk practice the drawing of squares, circles and...
Pàgina 54 - Next, by your circular and oval lines, you may form crescents, circular and flattened volutes, regular undulations, and other figures which arise out of their various combinations ; first making an accurate copy of each figure by measurement, and continuing to practice until you can form it by the eye with perfect ease. Avoid forming your figures by little bits at a time : do each line, as much as possible, by one sweep of the hand. When you have become expert in this kind of practice we would recommend...