The Works of John Ruskin: The elements of drawing. The elements of perspective. Aratra penteliciJ. Wiley, 1889 |
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Page xvii
... vertical . It is good , in early practice , to accustom yourself to enclose your subject , before sketching it , with a ight frame of wood held upright before you ; it will show you what you may legitimately take into your picture , and ...
... vertical . It is good , in early practice , to accustom yourself to enclose your subject , before sketching it , with a ight frame of wood held upright before you ; it will show you what you may legitimately take into your picture , and ...
Page 127
... vertical ones will remain decisive , and the oblique ones decisive in proportion to their steepness . A few close studies will soon teach you this : the only thing you need to be told is to watch carefully the LET II . ] 127 SKETCHING ...
... vertical ones will remain decisive , and the oblique ones decisive in proportion to their steepness . A few close studies will soon teach you this : the only thing you need to be told is to watch carefully the LET II . ] 127 SKETCHING ...
Page 128
... vertical lines . The actual construction of a calm elongated reflection is with horizontal lines but it is often impossible to draw the descending shades delicately enough with a horizontal touch ; and it is best always when you are in ...
... vertical lines . The actual construction of a calm elongated reflection is with horizontal lines but it is often impossible to draw the descending shades delicately enough with a horizontal touch ; and it is best always when you are in ...
Page 188
... vertically or obliquely , in circle or ellipse according to the slope of the ground . Of course the sun's rays produce the same effect , when they fall through any small aperture : but the openings be tween leaves are the only ones ...
... vertically or obliquely , in circle or ellipse according to the slope of the ground . Of course the sun's rays produce the same effect , when they fall through any small aperture : but the openings be tween leaves are the only ones ...
Page 188
... vertical lines . Subordinated to this first system of curves there is another , begun by the small crossing bar of wood inserted in the angle behind the rudder ; continued by the bottom of the bank on which the figure sits , interrupted ...
... vertical lines . Subordinated to this first system of curves there is another , begun by the small crossing bar of wood inserted in the angle behind the rudder ; continued by the bottom of the bank on which the figure sits , interrupted ...
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Page 188 - Now in art every colour has an opponent colour, which, if brought near it, will relieve it more completely than any other ; so, also, every form and line may be made more striking to the eye by an opponent form or line near them ; a curved line is set off by a straight...
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