The American drawing-book : a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist : especially adapted to the use of public and private schools, as well as home instruction . vation. What has been said, with regard to the difficulty of finding, in nature, beautiful andwell-formed feet, does not apply to the hands, for they are often to be met with, of the mostexquisite form and just proportions ; and there are no objects in nature, the study of which isbetter calculated to strengthen the general capacity of the student, in the art of drawing. If hecan draw a hand, with ease
The American drawing-book : a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist : especially adapted to the use of public and private schools, as well as home instruction . vation. What has been said, with regard to the difficulty of finding, in nature, beautiful andwell-formed feet, does not apply to the hands, for they are often to be met with, of the mostexquisite form and just proportions ; and there are no objects in nature, the study of which isbetter calculated to strengthen the general capacity of the student, in the art of drawing. If hecan draw a hand, with ease and accuracy, he can draw anything. Let him, therefore, set aboutthe work with earnestness, for success will place him in a position, from which he can look with 78 RUDIMENTS OF DRAWING. pleasure on the labor by which it has been attained, and forward to the assured consummationof his most ardent
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