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MINIATURE PAINTING.
It also produces an ungraceful effect, to draw both the
head and the body exactly in the same view, (as in Fig. v.;)
FIGURE V.
therefore turn the figure slightly away from the face, so as
to give a marked, though not great variation; not however
too great, lest it look strained, or have what may be called
too much motion, a great mistake in all mere portraits,
especially those on so small a scale as miniatures. The
only sure way to accomplish this, is to paint merely the
MINIATURE PAINTING.
It also produces an ungraceful effect, to draw both the
head and the body exactly in the same view, (as in Fig. v.;)
FIGURE V.
therefore turn the figure slightly away from the face, so as
to give a marked, though not great variation; not however
too great, lest it look strained, or have what may be called
too much motion, a great mistake in all mere portraits,
especially those on so small a scale as miniatures. The
only sure way to accomplish this, is to paint merely the