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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19949#0011
THE ART
OF
SKETCHING FROM NATURE.
In the brief course of instruction proposed in the fol-
lowing pages, the object is to lead the student to a
successful result by the simplest means. The rules are
few ; but if carefully studied, they will be found applicable
to every object occurring in ordinary experience ; and it is
hoped that they will be deemed plain and intelligible. A
multiplicity of technical terms and prolix explanations has
been purposely avoided, as the end aimed at may be
attained without them ; but there are some terms which
it may be requisite to explain, as they frequently and
necessarily occur in the course of these precepts. These
terms are
The Picture :
The Centre of the Picture; commonly, but
erroneously, called the point of sight:
OF
SKETCHING FROM NATURE.
In the brief course of instruction proposed in the fol-
lowing pages, the object is to lead the student to a
successful result by the simplest means. The rules are
few ; but if carefully studied, they will be found applicable
to every object occurring in ordinary experience ; and it is
hoped that they will be deemed plain and intelligible. A
multiplicity of technical terms and prolix explanations has
been purposely avoided, as the end aimed at may be
attained without them ; but there are some terms which
it may be requisite to explain, as they frequently and
necessarily occur in the course of these precepts. These
terms are
The Picture :
The Centre of the Picture; commonly, but
erroneously, called the point of sight: