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 . , practised with care, and under his critical direction, soon enabled us, in a great measure, to surmount it ; and then we were well prepared for. , etc. Every letter was to be formed with a slow, steady movement of the hand 5 its peculiarity of form to be studied, as well as the applicationof portions of each letter to the formation of others. We were taught, first, to know how eachletter should be mad
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 . , practised with care, and under his critical direction, soon enabled us, in a great measure, to surmount it ; and then we were well prepared for. , etc. Every letter was to be formed with a slow, steady movement of the hand 5 its peculiarity of form to be studied, as well as the applicationof portions of each letter to the formation of others. We were taught, first, to know how eachletter should be made 5 and then practised to make it, by beginning with its parts, and combiningthem into a whole. From the most simple, we were gradually advanced to the most was passed over, or slighted $ and when the small alphabet was mastered, we wereconsidered prepared for capitals and small hand. The instructions we received, with regard to the formation of capital letters, were strictlydrawing them. Every line and curve was to be studied, and their application and combinationunderstood, and practically exemplified, upon like principles.
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