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STUDY OF STONES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TALI ARTS, NEAR LLANDILO.
of gamnoge, burnt sienna, and indigo, more or less of one than the other, and lake introduced upon the
indications of heather. The top of the hill and the small loose stones must be coloured with cobalt and
light red, and the short grass of yellowish tone is of yellow ochre, and brown pink, and in the greener
parts a little indigo added.
The foregoing instructions will be found sufficient to enable the learner to copy with accuracy the
subject before him. I have introduced it into these pages for the purpose of giving an insight into the
manner of portraying masses of fallen stone, thinking that in the season for sketching from Nature, many
might wish to know where to meet with scenes of beauty, grandeur, and interest.
I am anxious to inform the student that in the chromo-lithograph there are, at times, numberless small
specks, arising from the fact of the several tints being obtained from a point of lithographic chalk instead of
by flat washes put on with the brush. It is a defect that cannot be entirely overcome, where there is any
gradation of tint to be given ; so that, when they are seen to exist in a sky or elsewhere, they must be
regarded as meaning to convey the idea of so many flat tints, and should be copied simply as such.
There is, however, an improvement even in this; and I am constantly impressing upon the mind of the
artists who copy my drawings upon stone how requisite it is that this granular character should be
overcome, it being likely to mislead those who are desirous of profiting by the several studies presented
to them.
I have thought it as well to bring the above remarks before those persons who may copy these
drawings, in order to remove any false impression they may have entertained upon the subject.
STUDY OF STONES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TALI ARTS, NEAR LLANDILO.
of gamnoge, burnt sienna, and indigo, more or less of one than the other, and lake introduced upon the
indications of heather. The top of the hill and the small loose stones must be coloured with cobalt and
light red, and the short grass of yellowish tone is of yellow ochre, and brown pink, and in the greener
parts a little indigo added.
The foregoing instructions will be found sufficient to enable the learner to copy with accuracy the
subject before him. I have introduced it into these pages for the purpose of giving an insight into the
manner of portraying masses of fallen stone, thinking that in the season for sketching from Nature, many
might wish to know where to meet with scenes of beauty, grandeur, and interest.
I am anxious to inform the student that in the chromo-lithograph there are, at times, numberless small
specks, arising from the fact of the several tints being obtained from a point of lithographic chalk instead of
by flat washes put on with the brush. It is a defect that cannot be entirely overcome, where there is any
gradation of tint to be given ; so that, when they are seen to exist in a sky or elsewhere, they must be
regarded as meaning to convey the idea of so many flat tints, and should be copied simply as such.
There is, however, an improvement even in this; and I am constantly impressing upon the mind of the
artists who copy my drawings upon stone how requisite it is that this granular character should be
overcome, it being likely to mislead those who are desirous of profiting by the several studies presented
to them.
I have thought it as well to bring the above remarks before those persons who may copy these
drawings, in order to remove any false impression they may have entertained upon the subject.