Whittock, Nathaniel: The Oxford Drawing Book, Or The Art Of Drawing, And The Theory And Practice Of Perspective: In A Series Of Letters Containing Progressive Information On Sketching, Drawing, And Colouring Landscape Scenery, Animals, And The Human Figure: With A New Method Of Practical Perspective: Detailed In A Novel, Easy, And Perspicuous Style, For The Use Of Teachers, Or For Self-Instruction. Embellished With Upwards Of One Hundred And Fifty Lithographic Drawings, From Real Views, Taken Expressly For This Work (Oxford , London, 1825)

eted, and the parapet is pierced. I need not tell you how to proceed in putting one
side of the tower in shade: having done so, you must strengthen the outline where
it is required, and finish the drawing of the tower, working from the top. Having-
drawn the tower, proceed with the buildings at the side, and the bridge. I cannot
give you better directions for the trees in the foreground, than by referring you to
those you have done before. When you have drawn each tree separately, fill up
the spaces between them in the first and second shades, according to the depth required ;
the water must now be put in shade, and the figures in the foreground marked
strongly.
In the foregoing lessons, I have endeavoured to blend amusement and instruction,
and am pleased to find by your letter, that I have effected my purpose; be assured
of this, that you have now laid a good foundation for our further progress, and that
your path will in future be clear.
In the next series of letters, your attention will be directed to drawing figures ex-
clusively, so that when we come to landscapes of more importance, we may be ena-
bled to make them more pleasing, by blending rural scenery, architecture, and figures
together, as the subject may require.