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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19811#0025
i4 Of DRAWING.
shadow'd Side of the Face appears obfcur'd by the
Gloominess of the Place, towards which it is situated ;
the illumin'd Side is ftill Heightened by the Bright-
.n.ess of the Air, which expands itsels over the Whole,
whereby the Shadows on that Side become at leaft
very faint, is not wholly imperceptible. This artful
Increase of Lights and Shadows gives any Figure
fine Relievo, and makes it mine with more than com-
mon Lustre.
In drawing a Face, theresore, never let the Muscles
be too bold, or close too abruptly* all on a fuddcn ;
but let your Lights be sweet, die away as it were, I
and insenszbly loose themselves, in lost delightful:
Shadows. On your due Care in this Particular, all. i
the Charms and Graces os a Face principally depend. ,
Always choose, is Convenience will permit of it, j
a North Light sor your constant Situation, as tis .
much ftcadier than any other. Is your Chamber .
mould be open to the South, it will be very proper :
and convenient to six an oil'd Paper Safli before it1
for, by that Medium, the Rays of the Sun, which
will ftrike upon it all Day, will be . more moderate,
equally diftufe itfels, and be conftant without any
vifible Variation.
When you are drawing from the Life, let your
Light come srom such an Altitude, as that the. :
Shadows of Bodies proje&ed on the Plane may be
equal, and in proportion to their Height.
"In the Reprefentations os Bodies, give them al- t
ways such Lights, as are mod proper and convenient :
to their suppofed Situation : If in the Fields, andrT:
open Air, the Sun is obfcur'd by the Clouds, and.-U
not viiible, they fhould be surrounded with an ai- g
moft univcrfal Light ; but if the Sun be cenfpicuous,' -i
or [nines out in its full Luftre,. then the Shadows- -
mult be very ftrong and dark, in relation to thefe s
Parts which, receive the Light; and the Extremities
os .all thofe Shadows, a$| well thofe which are bor-
rowed, as those that are .original, muft be very 1
bold., .
shadow'd Side of the Face appears obfcur'd by the
Gloominess of the Place, towards which it is situated ;
the illumin'd Side is ftill Heightened by the Bright-
.n.ess of the Air, which expands itsels over the Whole,
whereby the Shadows on that Side become at leaft
very faint, is not wholly imperceptible. This artful
Increase of Lights and Shadows gives any Figure
fine Relievo, and makes it mine with more than com-
mon Lustre.
In drawing a Face, theresore, never let the Muscles
be too bold, or close too abruptly* all on a fuddcn ;
but let your Lights be sweet, die away as it were, I
and insenszbly loose themselves, in lost delightful:
Shadows. On your due Care in this Particular, all. i
the Charms and Graces os a Face principally depend. ,
Always choose, is Convenience will permit of it, j
a North Light sor your constant Situation, as tis .
much ftcadier than any other. Is your Chamber .
mould be open to the South, it will be very proper :
and convenient to six an oil'd Paper Safli before it1
for, by that Medium, the Rays of the Sun, which
will ftrike upon it all Day, will be . more moderate,
equally diftufe itfels, and be conftant without any
vifible Variation.
When you are drawing from the Life, let your
Light come srom such an Altitude, as that the. :
Shadows of Bodies proje&ed on the Plane may be
equal, and in proportion to their Height.
"In the Reprefentations os Bodies, give them al- t
ways such Lights, as are mod proper and convenient :
to their suppofed Situation : If in the Fields, andrT:
open Air, the Sun is obfcur'd by the Clouds, and.-U
not viiible, they fhould be surrounded with an ai- g
moft univcrfal Light ; but if the Sun be cenfpicuous,' -i
or [nines out in its full Luftre,. then the Shadows- -
mult be very ftrong and dark, in relation to thefe s
Parts which, receive the Light; and the Extremities
os .all thofe Shadows, a$| well thofe which are bor-
rowed, as those that are .original, muft be very 1
bold., .