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i2 THE ARTIST'S ASSISTANT.
The materials neceffary for drawing are, black
lead pencils, camel hair pencils, a rule and com-
pares, crow quill pens, red, white, and black chalk,
crayons and Indian ink.
The black lead pencil fhould not be held fo near
the point as a pen in writing; the ufe of it being
for the (ketch or fir ft outline of the piece, which
fhould be drawn with freedom, as any wrong ftroke
or line may with eafe be erafed, by rubbing the
work gently with a crumb of ftale bread. In or-
der to acquire a knowledge of the face, begin with
drawing the features feparate, placing the copy at
fuch a ditfance as the eye may meafure both it and
the drawing without movin? the head. Sketch in
the iirft outline very light ; and in rubbing out,
leave faint traces of the firft {ketch ; by proceeding
in this manner, without the affiuance of rule or
compalTes, the outline fhould be brought to an ap-
proved exaftnefs; and in placing the features, a
perfect oval fhould be formed, through which a
perpendicular line is drawn in the middle; and
acrofs the centre of this, a diameter line from one
fide of the oval to the other. On thefe all the fea-
tures of the face are to be drawn, according to the
following rules for drawing a head.
The perpendicular muft be divided into four
equal parts; one from the crown of the head to
the top of the forehead ; two from the top of the
forehead to the eye-brows ; three from the eye-
brows to the bottom of the note ; four from thence
to the bottom of the chin.
The diameter line divide into five parts; the
breadth of the face being fuppofed the length of
five eyes ; this is to be underftood in a full front
face only, and thefe proportions are rather incon-
ftant in different men, as to length and fhape; but
in
The materials neceffary for drawing are, black
lead pencils, camel hair pencils, a rule and com-
pares, crow quill pens, red, white, and black chalk,
crayons and Indian ink.
The black lead pencil fhould not be held fo near
the point as a pen in writing; the ufe of it being
for the (ketch or fir ft outline of the piece, which
fhould be drawn with freedom, as any wrong ftroke
or line may with eafe be erafed, by rubbing the
work gently with a crumb of ftale bread. In or-
der to acquire a knowledge of the face, begin with
drawing the features feparate, placing the copy at
fuch a ditfance as the eye may meafure both it and
the drawing without movin? the head. Sketch in
the iirft outline very light ; and in rubbing out,
leave faint traces of the firft {ketch ; by proceeding
in this manner, without the affiuance of rule or
compalTes, the outline fhould be brought to an ap-
proved exaftnefs; and in placing the features, a
perfect oval fhould be formed, through which a
perpendicular line is drawn in the middle; and
acrofs the centre of this, a diameter line from one
fide of the oval to the other. On thefe all the fea-
tures of the face are to be drawn, according to the
following rules for drawing a head.
The perpendicular muft be divided into four
equal parts; one from the crown of the head to
the top of the forehead ; two from the top of the
forehead to the eye-brows ; three from the eye-
brows to the bottom of the note ; four from thence
to the bottom of the chin.
The diameter line divide into five parts; the
breadth of the face being fuppofed the length of
five eyes ; this is to be underftood in a full front
face only, and thefe proportions are rather incon-
ftant in different men, as to length and fhape; but
in