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)

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figure, and as this example is more complex than any you have before attempted on
this subject, I have sent both outline and finished drawing. When you can draw the
eyes, nose, mouth, and ears correctly, you may proceed to combine them with other
features. The same remark will apply to Plate LXII.
Plate LVI. contains an outline and finished drawing of a hand from the antique,
and the following plates, LYII. and LVIIL consist of hands, arms, and legs, in va-
rious directions, any one of which will form an excellent study; they are all taken
from the highest authority.
Plate LX. contains a drawing of feet from the statues of the Apollo Belvidere and
the Medicean Venus; these statues are supposed to be the highest standards of male
and female beauty. The feet in the plate are the size of the original. In shading
any of these figures, keep the hatching lines clear, and cross them diagonally, so that
they may form diamonds rather than squares. Do not fill any part with a close tint
ol the pencil or chalk, but make the shadows stronger by recrossing the lines where
it is required.

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