Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 18
... draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree ; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely , but , by watching for a time his motions and plays , the painter enters into his nature , and can then draw him at will in ...
... draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree ; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely , but , by watching for a time his motions and plays , the painter enters into his nature , and can then draw him at will in ...
Page 295
... drawing , or heard any conversation on the subject , nor can himself draw with correctness a single feature . A good form strikes all eyes pleasantly , long before they have any science on the subject , and a beautiful face sets twenty ...
... drawing , or heard any conversation on the subject , nor can himself draw with correctness a single feature . A good form strikes all eyes pleasantly , long before they have any science on the subject , and a beautiful face sets twenty ...
Page 312
... draw everything , why draw any- thing ? and then is my eye opened to the eternal picture which nature paints in the street with moving men and children , beggars , and fine ladies , draped in red , and green , and blue , and gray ; long ...
... draw everything , why draw any- thing ? and then is my eye opened to the eternal picture which nature paints in the street with moving men and children , beggars , and fine ladies , draped in red , and green , and blue , and gray ; long ...
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