Meissonier, his life and his art . ( Miiilel for the picture Casti^tione-, T796.) HIS PROFESSION nr last according tn the subj(-cts one treats. Some go like thewind. . .. VE\Eri.\.\5. (MECiSONIERs HO.^E IN PA::!^; ;TAIRC.\SE OF THE STUDIO.) I very often add slips to my pictures. As I always sketch in mydrawing on the panel itself, this is necessary. But a panel to whicha slip has been added should never be lined. The wood should always 222 MEISSONIER be five, tocxpand. A small ddvctail is all that is needed. If this wereglued, the whole thiiiL; would perhaps split ; Init 1 am always carefulnot
Meissonier, his life and his art . ( Miiilel for the picture Casti^tione-, T796.) HIS PROFESSION nr last according tn the subj(-cts one treats. Some go like thewind. . .. VE\Eri.\.\5. (MECiSONIERs HO.^E IN PA::!^; ;TAIRC.\SE OF THE STUDIO.) I very often add slips to my pictures. As I always sketch in mydrawing on the panel itself, this is necessary. But a panel to whicha slip has been added should never be lined. The wood should always 222 MEISSONIER be five, tocxpand. A small ddvctail is all that is needed. If this wereglued, the whole thiiiL; would perhaps split ; Init 1 am always carefulnot to interfere with the; shrinkage or expansion of the wood. Afigurei^iece especially should never be lined, but I always see thatthe slips I add are of the same wood as the ]:)an(;l, and that thegrain runs the same way. m What makes hands so difficult to paint is that they very seldomtake exactly the same pose a second time. Sometimes, when theyare nearly finished, the final pose is different, better perhaps, andthen everything has to be done over again. People talk aboutphotography ; but what pleasure could there be in working from that ?The only really amusing t
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