Whittock, Nathaniel: The Art Of Drawing And Colouring, From Nature, Birds, Beasts, Fishes, And Insects: With Plain And Coloured Drawings, From Original Paintings By Morland, Vernet, Howet, Le Cave, &c. (London, 1830)

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made out as lightly, but as correctly, as possible ; being careful that
it is not too large. The neck, taken separately, is a very simple
figure; it sorms an angle at the breast. The legs should next be
drawn separately; indeed every part of the sigure will make a good
study; and is the points sor the distances of the several parts from each
other are previously made, the student will then have only the par-
ticular limb he is drawing upon his mind, which he will sind much
easier to execute than the whole taken together.
The touches upon this animal are sormed by strong short lines,
with a sost pencil. The outline must be quite free, and made to
blend with the back ground. The touches on the limbs, though short,
should be curved, to show their sorm. The branches, by which the
horns are entangled, must be made to wind naturally around them,
and should be drawn before the horns are shaded. The expression in
the eye os the stag is very finely drawn ; and the whole figure is one
of the happiest efsorts of this celebrated animal painter.
The natural history os the stag has been given at some length in a
previous lesson, and will not require surther notice.
The hounds require light, yet spirited penciling. The outline
must be ssowing, but not ragged, like that required for the stag. The
muscles in these animals are very strongly marked, and are sull os
strength and energy. These must be sormed with the black-lead
pencil, by laying an even tint over all the parts in shade, and