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ON MARINE DRAWING.
second tint on the light part of the sail is made of
No. 17.
We shall now take leave of landscape painting, trust-
ing that the foregoing lessons will fully explain every
thing which can be taught by reading ; for the student
must recollect that it is practice alone which will enable
him to acquire a knowledge of drawing, and that his
progress in the art depends more on himself than on the
master who directs his studies ; for though it be true that
a bad master will do a great deal of harm by giving
wrong directions to his pupils, it is also equally true that
the best master will do but little good if he be not se-
conded by the exertions of the student; it is by the
want of exertion that we must account for the little
progress made by some of the pupils of our best artists,
and not by the inattention of the artist himself; indeed,
so little is a drawing-master required by any one who is
determined on learning to draw, that I may venture to
say that most of our best landscape painters are self-
taught: the directions necessary are simple and short.
In addition to what I have already written, I shall add
the following observations, most of which are only a re-
petition somewhat simplified, of what has been stated in
the forea-oins; lessons.
o o
By drawing on strong rough paper the tints are more
easily laid, and the trouble of stretching the paper becomes
unnecessary, except for large drawings; in doing small
drawings the tints are more easily laid, the student never
ON MARINE DRAWING.
second tint on the light part of the sail is made of
No. 17.
We shall now take leave of landscape painting, trust-
ing that the foregoing lessons will fully explain every
thing which can be taught by reading ; for the student
must recollect that it is practice alone which will enable
him to acquire a knowledge of drawing, and that his
progress in the art depends more on himself than on the
master who directs his studies ; for though it be true that
a bad master will do a great deal of harm by giving
wrong directions to his pupils, it is also equally true that
the best master will do but little good if he be not se-
conded by the exertions of the student; it is by the
want of exertion that we must account for the little
progress made by some of the pupils of our best artists,
and not by the inattention of the artist himself; indeed,
so little is a drawing-master required by any one who is
determined on learning to draw, that I may venture to
say that most of our best landscape painters are self-
taught: the directions necessary are simple and short.
In addition to what I have already written, I shall add
the following observations, most of which are only a re-
petition somewhat simplified, of what has been stated in
the forea-oins; lessons.
o o
By drawing on strong rough paper the tints are more
easily laid, and the trouble of stretching the paper becomes
unnecessary, except for large drawings; in doing small
drawings the tints are more easily laid, the student never