. Studio, field, and gallery: a manual of painting for the student and amateur, with information for the general angle of incidence. A few particular laws may be mentioned: All reflections of receding lines parallel to the sur-face of the water vanish in the same point as the linesthemselves. All reflections of lines oblique to the surface of thewater vanish in a separate point, which is as far removedfrom the horizon-line as the vanishing-point of the linesthemselves, a line drawn through the two point-s beingvertical. Reflections of heavenly bodies, as the sun, moon,stars, and cloud
. Studio, field, and gallery: a manual of painting for the student and amateur, with information for the general angle of incidence. A few particular laws may be mentioned: All reflections of receding lines parallel to the sur-face of the water vanish in the same point as the linesthemselves. All reflections of lines oblique to the surface of thewater vanish in a separate point, which is as far removedfrom the horizon-line as the vanishing-point of the linesthemselves, a line drawn through the two point-s beingvertical. Reflections of heavenly bodies, as the sun, moon,stars, and clouds, are the same distance below the hori-zon-line as the objects are above it. The reflections of near objects that are over thewater, as birds, branches of trees, etc., are establishedby a point on the surface of the water just below them,the reflection extending as far below this point as theobject does above it. It would take too many words and too many platesto fully illustrate these and other laws. And, afterall, it is much better for the student to investigatethese matters for himself than to have others do it. LINEAR PERSPECTIVE. 21 for him. Tkis he should do at once, and masterthis subject of reflections, which is exceedingly pleas-ant and interesting. He may pursue the study, forthe most part, right in the studio, by the aid of a goodmirror, which is placed level on the table. Above orbeyond this a thread may be stretched for the horizon-line, and the eye kept on its level (the thread is notactually necessary, as the eye is always on a level withthe horizon-line, but it may make the subject plainerto some). He will then place objects on or beyondthe mirror, and study their positions and forms, andthose of their reflections. ExPLAi^ATION OF THE PlATES. Plcite 1 shoWS tWO examples in parallel perspective. The entire page is the perspective plane. The largerectangle is the size of the picture. S is the point ofstation \ H H^ the horizon-line; P^ the point of sight—^the v
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