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keeping.
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CHAPTER III.
keeping.
THE PRESERVATION OF RELATIVE DISTANCES MOST IMPORTANT IN SKETCHING-
THE NEUTRAL TINT SYSTEM ADVANTAGEOUS TO BEGINNERS — THIS SYSTEM
EMPLOYED BY TURNER AS A MEANS OF EDUCATING HIS EYE—AIR, SPACE,
AND FRESHNESS, TO BE SOUGHT BEFORE COLOUR — THE NEUTRAL SYSTEM
FURNISHES AIDS TO THEIR ACQUIREMENT—AN ILLUSTRATION, WITH REMARKS
ON ITS TREATMENT—THE SYSTEM A STEPPING-STONE TO COLOUR THOUGH USED
ONLY FOR COMMENCING THE SKETCH—BOLDNESS TO BE AIMED AT—HURRY IS
NOT SPEED—MEMORY AN AID TO SPEED—A GRAMMAR. OF EFFECT NECESSARY TO
RAPIDITY OF EXECUTION — TONE — RELIEF — THE BRUSH SUPERIOR TO THE
PENCIL.
The first care of the Sk etcher, after securing his pencil
outline, will be to prevent confnsion in the various
distances. Without this, however correct in form, or
elaborate in execution, the sketch will be a huddled mass,
disagreeable to the spectator and unsatisfactory to the
student, who may, nevertheless, have spent much time and
pains in elaborating the scene.
" The extreme and middle distances of a picture are so
important and so beautiful, that considerable care and
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CHAPTER III.
keeping.
THE PRESERVATION OF RELATIVE DISTANCES MOST IMPORTANT IN SKETCHING-
THE NEUTRAL TINT SYSTEM ADVANTAGEOUS TO BEGINNERS — THIS SYSTEM
EMPLOYED BY TURNER AS A MEANS OF EDUCATING HIS EYE—AIR, SPACE,
AND FRESHNESS, TO BE SOUGHT BEFORE COLOUR — THE NEUTRAL SYSTEM
FURNISHES AIDS TO THEIR ACQUIREMENT—AN ILLUSTRATION, WITH REMARKS
ON ITS TREATMENT—THE SYSTEM A STEPPING-STONE TO COLOUR THOUGH USED
ONLY FOR COMMENCING THE SKETCH—BOLDNESS TO BE AIMED AT—HURRY IS
NOT SPEED—MEMORY AN AID TO SPEED—A GRAMMAR. OF EFFECT NECESSARY TO
RAPIDITY OF EXECUTION — TONE — RELIEF — THE BRUSH SUPERIOR TO THE
PENCIL.
The first care of the Sk etcher, after securing his pencil
outline, will be to prevent confnsion in the various
distances. Without this, however correct in form, or
elaborate in execution, the sketch will be a huddled mass,
disagreeable to the spectator and unsatisfactory to the
student, who may, nevertheless, have spent much time and
pains in elaborating the scene.
" The extreme and middle distances of a picture are so
important and so beautiful, that considerable care and