Smith, Thomas [Hrsg.]: 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 PORTRAIT PAINTING.

up can seldom be done with that neatness and delicacy
which the high finish of most miniatures requires.

It is in miniature painting that stippling is most used ;
nothing indeed can be done without it, especially on
ivory, on which it is impossible to lay a succession of flat
washes, as it is so very smooth, and so little absorbent,
that the colour can take no hold.

And now I shall conclude my observations on a sub-
ject, which would not have been introduced into this
work, had I not wished to have left no department of
the profession unnoticed.

LESSON XXIII.

On the Drawing of Animals.

To those who devote themselves entirely to animal
painting, the study of landscape is not less necessary
than to those who only pursue the latter department of
the art; as it is generally landscape (or buildings, which
are considered a part of landscape painting), that forms
the back ground of such pictures. I would therefore
advise every student who wishes to practise animal
painting, to begin with landscape, making such animals
as he may introduce into his drawing objects of secondary
consideration, until he shall have acquired a certain
degree of skill, when lie may begin with the study of
animals, taking care however not to neglect his improve-