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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19954#0031
METHOD OF PAINTING.
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time be understood, that it is strongly recommended that
students should make their own drawings in the first
instance, and not be contented with servilely tracing the
outlines of the pictures they are copying.
Where a drawing is intended to be copied on a different
scale, it may be reduced by various methods : either by
dividing the surface of the picture and of the space on
which it is to be copied, into an equal number of squares,
and then copying into each square what is contained in
the corresponding square of the original; or the picture
may be reduced in a certain proportion by means of pro-
portional compasses; and where a head only is to be
copied, the latter method is certainly preferable. It is
recommended, however, to draw by the guidance of the
eye, and to have recourse to the mechanical methods only
as a means of verifying the correctness of the drawing.
METHOD OP PAINTING.
Painting in water-colours is a totally different process
from painting in oil. In oil-painting the lights are opaque,
while transparency is preserved in the shades by passing
one layer of colour over another which has been suffered
to dry before the new coat is applied, and by this means
the under colours are seen through the upper layer, and
depth is attained as well as transparency. In water-
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time be understood, that it is strongly recommended that
students should make their own drawings in the first
instance, and not be contented with servilely tracing the
outlines of the pictures they are copying.
Where a drawing is intended to be copied on a different
scale, it may be reduced by various methods : either by
dividing the surface of the picture and of the space on
which it is to be copied, into an equal number of squares,
and then copying into each square what is contained in
the corresponding square of the original; or the picture
may be reduced in a certain proportion by means of pro-
portional compasses; and where a head only is to be
copied, the latter method is certainly preferable. It is
recommended, however, to draw by the guidance of the
eye, and to have recourse to the mechanical methods only
as a means of verifying the correctness of the drawing.
METHOD OP PAINTING.
Painting in water-colours is a totally different process
from painting in oil. In oil-painting the lights are opaque,
while transparency is preserved in the shades by passing
one layer of colour over another which has been suffered
to dry before the new coat is applied, and by this means
the under colours are seen through the upper layer, and
depth is attained as well as transparency. In water-