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■:,-;QUaiitity and Mixtures. As to the Contours or
'< Out-lines, take Notice where they are to direct the
.^Shadows, how much Light centers in the Lines; where
. they are broad and strong ; and where faint and Ian*
guid ; never let your Lights and Shadows terminate
,-abruptly, but fell .gradually one within another, till
... at■ last. like a.Cloud of Smoke, they lose themfeiyes
. insensibly. If ycu habituate yourfelves to be thus
curious and exact., Practice will socn render ycu ex-
peditious.
When you draw after Nature, or the Life, con-
sider how large or small the Object is, which you
propose to imitate ; remove yourself srom it three
times its Magnitude.; have your Eye in a Level with
it ; and be very curious, as you draw every indivi-
■- dual Stroke, to remark what shadow'd Parts of your
" Statue, Nudity or any other Objectyou are imitating,
"meet under perpendicular, or principal Lines.
. As to the Position of your Model, a high Light,
[ equally diffus'd, and not too strong and glaring, is the
' belt; Objects so diipos'd Ihew all their Beauties, and
the minutest Parts appear to Advantage,
-i "The Light, thus falling from above, does not strike
upon, or inlighten all the Parts, but some are
ihelter'd by the Relievo of others. The Eyebrows
defend the.Hollow os the Eye ; the Nose some Part
of the Mouth ; and the Chin cbscures the Throat.
; - 1 Ycu must likewise observe, that the Shadows of
Objects are not always single. Besides. the strong and
.principal Shade, there are many others which are
aiiiioit imperceptibly thrown over, like a thin Cloud
.upon it,; but Experience will convince you of the
-,;Truth, and Perspective of the Reason of it. For all
Tpherical Bodies receive as many various Lights and
v Shadows,- as there are various Bodies that surround
' them.
The Picture os a fine Lady, hung up at the En-
E trance of a dark Room, will strike the Eye with a
•;:.forprising Delight, by the Power os Lights and
ri Shadows, if it is artfully disposedj that is, if the ..
v ii ' ".....inaaow'd
■:,-;QUaiitity and Mixtures. As to the Contours or
'< Out-lines, take Notice where they are to direct the
.^Shadows, how much Light centers in the Lines; where
. they are broad and strong ; and where faint and Ian*
guid ; never let your Lights and Shadows terminate
,-abruptly, but fell .gradually one within another, till
... at■ last. like a.Cloud of Smoke, they lose themfeiyes
. insensibly. If ycu habituate yourfelves to be thus
curious and exact., Practice will socn render ycu ex-
peditious.
When you draw after Nature, or the Life, con-
sider how large or small the Object is, which you
propose to imitate ; remove yourself srom it three
times its Magnitude.; have your Eye in a Level with
it ; and be very curious, as you draw every indivi-
■- dual Stroke, to remark what shadow'd Parts of your
" Statue, Nudity or any other Objectyou are imitating,
"meet under perpendicular, or principal Lines.
. As to the Position of your Model, a high Light,
[ equally diffus'd, and not too strong and glaring, is the
' belt; Objects so diipos'd Ihew all their Beauties, and
the minutest Parts appear to Advantage,
-i "The Light, thus falling from above, does not strike
upon, or inlighten all the Parts, but some are
ihelter'd by the Relievo of others. The Eyebrows
defend the.Hollow os the Eye ; the Nose some Part
of the Mouth ; and the Chin cbscures the Throat.
; - 1 Ycu must likewise observe, that the Shadows of
Objects are not always single. Besides. the strong and
.principal Shade, there are many others which are
aiiiioit imperceptibly thrown over, like a thin Cloud
.upon it,; but Experience will convince you of the
-,;Truth, and Perspective of the Reason of it. For all
Tpherical Bodies receive as many various Lights and
v Shadows,- as there are various Bodies that surround
' them.
The Picture os a fine Lady, hung up at the En-
E trance of a dark Room, will strike the Eye with a
•;:.forprising Delight, by the Power os Lights and
ri Shadows, if it is artfully disposedj that is, if the ..
v ii ' ".....inaaow'd