. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . m-pany of an artist. It is only when associated with one of this instructed class that aman discovers ,the use of his eyes, and begins to understand fully the beauties, and har-monies, and rich effects that pertain to many things neglected by ordinary time-tinted mansions of Charleston, to the eye of an artist, have many the writers own case he found it a
. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . m-pany of an artist. It is only when associated with one of this instructed class that aman discovers ,the use of his eyes, and begins to understand fully the beauties, and har-monies, and rich effects that pertain to many things neglected by ordinary time-tinted mansions of Charleston, to the eye of an artist, have many the writers own case he found it a good training to hear enthusiastic Mr. Fenndilate upon this bit of color, that glimpse of rich toning, this new and surprising was even a revelation sometimes to see him extract a picture out of apparently themost unfavorable material. Nothing, indeed, seemed foreign to him but the merelypretty. Sweet, new houses of a respectable primness have no attraction for his artisticlongings. Fresh paint is his abomination. The glare of the new enters like iron intohis soul. But a fine bit of dilapidation, a ruin with a vine clambering over it, a hut all 200 PICTURESQUE AMERICA. !l||l|||l|||[jij||||||l||jjf^. awry, with a group of negroesin their flaring turbans setagainst the gaping walls, oldchimneys and old roofs, thedark grays and browns thatform into such rich pictures inan old town, these things wouldbe sure to catch his eye anddelight his fancy. In thesesemi-tropical places there are ahundred bits that would be ad-mirable for a sketch in oil orwater colors, that would losetheir value in black and is a pity that divine colorcannot enter into engraving. The search for the pictu-resque that would meet thenecessities of our purpose wasnot expeditious. It is onlyafter walking around a place,and surveying it from differentsituations, that an artist can set-tle upon his point of view. Wewere three days in Charlestonere Mr. Fenn discovered theprospect from St. Michaels
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