Smith, Thomas [Editor]: The Art Of Drawing In Its Various Branches: Exemplified In A Course Of Twenty-Eight progressive Lessons, Calculated To Afford Those Who Are Unacquainted With The Art, The Means Of Acquiring A Competent Knowledge Without The Aid Of A Master ; Being The Only Work Of The Kind In Which The Principles Of Effect Are Explained In A Clear, Methodical, And At The Same Time Familiar Style. Illustrated With Coloured Designs And Numerous Wood Engravings (London, 1827)

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ON COLOURING LANDSCAPE.

adding raw umber till at length the nearest part be
coloured with nothing else. The grass on each side of
the road is tinted with No. 13; the chimney and red
tiles with pure Venetian red, the window panes with
indigo, and the wood work in the house-end, the shade
under the roof, in the window, and the side of the
chimney, with No. 5*.

Nothing now remains to complete the first set of
tints but to lay in the trees; in doing this, the smallest
brush but one will be the best; and for the trees on the
left-hand, No. 12, made very strong, will be the tint.
The nearest part of the trees on the right-hand is made
with No. 9, whilst those more distant are made with
No. 8.

The student will now find that every part of his
drawing has the first tint laid in, a thing which ought
always to be done before he begin to finish any par-
ticular part, except the sky and extreme distance, as he
can never tell what he is doing till he has got rid of the
white paper.

In finishing (seeing that the sky and distance are
already done) it will be as well if the student begin with
the trees, which, in this subject, are shaded with the
same tints that they were laid in with. After these, the
grass on each side of the road is also shaded with the
same tint as the first rendered a little stronger. In
regard to the manner of laying on these tints, it is im-

* As I have before observed, the student should learn the tints
mentioned in the foregoing lesson off by heart, so as to be able to
make them without having them to look at.