DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19954#0009
PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS
FOE
PORTRAIT PAINTING
WATER-COLOURS.
PORTRAIT PAINTING IN WATER-COLOURS.
To a person unaccustomed to the use of colours, it
appears a task of considerable difficulty to paint a head
from life, and to imitate with accuracy and precision, or
even to be able to distinguish, the delicate gradations of
the tints, and the correct form, as modified by perspective,
of every feature. It is hoped that the directions contained
in the following pages will render this delightful study
comparatively easy to those who commence it with a com-
petent knowledge of drawing, and of light and shade.
Before, however, describing the process of painting a head
FOE
PORTRAIT PAINTING
WATER-COLOURS.
PORTRAIT PAINTING IN WATER-COLOURS.
To a person unaccustomed to the use of colours, it
appears a task of considerable difficulty to paint a head
from life, and to imitate with accuracy and precision, or
even to be able to distinguish, the delicate gradations of
the tints, and the correct form, as modified by perspective,
of every feature. It is hoped that the directions contained
in the following pages will render this delightful study
comparatively easy to those who commence it with a com-
petent knowledge of drawing, and of light and shade.
Before, however, describing the process of painting a head