. Drawing for beginners . a brushful of thickwhite paint and fine down ouroutline. We can also use a scraper(a very sharp knife) and scrapeat the surface of the paper. Butneither method will be pure, hard, sharp outline isthe hall-mark of a good one unforgivable sin is theragged edge. It is a thrilling moment whenwe can trace a likeness betweenour model and our silhouette. AndI can truthfully say that, givena little patience and intelligentapplication, there is no reason against, and every reason for,that happy result. The drawing of likenesses in silhouette (fo
. Drawing for beginners . a brushful of thickwhite paint and fine down ouroutline. We can also use a scraper(a very sharp knife) and scrapeat the surface of the paper. Butneither method will be pure, hard, sharp outline isthe hall-mark of a good one unforgivable sin is theragged edge. It is a thrilling moment whenwe can trace a likeness betweenour model and our silhouette. AndI can truthfully say that, givena little patience and intelligentapplication, there is no reason against, and every reason for,that happy result. The drawing of likenesses in silhouette (for there are manyother subjects to which we can apply this fascinating littleart—sprays of leaves, birds, or fluffy animals, grotesque andquaint figures, landscapes of fantastic description, to quotebut a few) has this advantage. It hides defects. The double chin, the dragged lines of eye, mouth, andnostril, the wrinkles of forehead and face, the untidy headof hair—all are softened and veiled with the kindly brush. 163. Fig. 83. A Spray of LeavesIN Silhouette Drawing for Beginners Once your interest is aroused in portraiture the art of thesilhouette will not wholly satisfy your cravings. It is acharming but, it must be admitted, a limited art. Now we are prepared to pass on to more ambitious sub-jects, and here I must offer a word of advice, for I do notwant to make this difficult business of portraiture unneces-sarily more difficult. We must go warily. The fascinatingtask of drawing likenesses is sometimes apt to give offence. That—my portrait! said an old lady, ruefully regard-ing a drawing of mine. Ah, well ! —following up with asigh— I was considered rather nice-looking in my sad result was that the old lady refused to pose again,and the rest of the holiday was wasted, so far as furtherendeavours at sketching a likeness were concerned. It is just as well to bear in mind what was written ofSir Joshua Reynolds, the great portrait-painter of theeighteenth cent
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