Weigall, Charles Harvey; Mason, Walter George [Ill.]: The Art Of Figure Drawing: Containing Practical Instructions For A Course Of Study In This Branch Of Art ; With Seventeen Illustrations, Drawn On Wood By The Author, And Engraved By Walter G. Mason (London, 1853 [ersch.1854])

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LINES.

only change one instrument for another; the power
acquired in the first instance will be our aid throughout
our futui'e practice.

The first step in drawing should therefore be to make
a line. Let us then proceed to consider the best method
of its production. A line is either straight or curved.
The mode of drawing curved lines will be explained here-
after. In the case of a straight line, its place and length
being determined, the student should make a mark, the
point from whence it is to proceed, and another where it
is to terminate, and, placing the hand so that it can com-
mand the line from point to point, he should pass the
pencil a few times between them, until he feels that he
can make the line with certainty and precision. When
such a line can be made, with facility, something has
been attained; a certain amount of connexion between the
mind and the hand has been established, and the latter is
prepared to become the instrument of the former.

In drawing the figure, a firmer and more careful line
is required than in drawing landscape;' it requires also
more careful observation and comparison; and, should the
taste of the pupil hereafter incline to Landscape Drawing,
the command of hand acquired in this previous practice
will be found of great assistance.