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by J. D. Harding
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ISBN: 0486442934 Dover Publications Price: $16.95 |
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Generations of students have benefited from the teachings of this 19th-century master, whose sketches of vignettes from natural settings are accompanied by a series of lessons emphasizing both practical and theoretical considerations. This edition features the added attraction of 23 outstanding plates from the author's Lessons on Trees.
Unabridged republication of Elementary Art: or, the Use of the Chalk and Lead Pencil Advocated and Explained, Third Edition, David Bogue, London, 1846.
Table of Contents for On Drawing Trees and Nature: A Classic Victorian Manual
| Introduction | |||||||
| Chapter I General remarks on the use of the chalk, or lead pencil | |||||||
| Chapter II On form | |||||||
| Chapter III On the application of the chalk, or pencil, to the drawing of forms | |||||||
| Chapter IV On copying, as preparatory to the study of nature | |||||||
| Chapter V On foliage | |||||||
| Chapter VI On stems and branches | |||||||
| Chapter VII On foregrounds | |||||||
| Chapter VIII On light and shade | |||||||
| Chapter IX On the use of the brush | |||||||
| Appendix On the materials |