. Drawing for beginners . encil instead of a brush. A bit of a fence overhanging a piece of rock or sandstone,or a fence topping a grassy bank, or a stile dividing two fields,are equally interesting subjects for a sketch. And here I must repeat myself at the risk of appearingwearisome. In no case do I wish you to choose necessarilythe subject that I have discussed. My examples are chosen,first, because they are simple and direct; secondly, becausethey are within reach of the majority of young artists ; and,thirdly, because they represent variations of themes foundover a broad area. Draw the ne
. Drawing for beginners . encil instead of a brush. A bit of a fence overhanging a piece of rock or sandstone,or a fence topping a grassy bank, or a stile dividing two fields,are equally interesting subjects for a sketch. And here I must repeat myself at the risk of appearingwearisome. In no case do I wish you to choose necessarilythe subject that I have discussed. My examples are chosen,first, because they are simple and direct; secondly, becausethey are within reach of the majority of young artists ; and,thirdly, because they represent variations of themes foundover a broad area. Draw the nearest upright post, get the direction of the 149 Drawing for Beginners farther ones, and the bars that link the three. If you are indoubt about the angle of the bars hold your pencil at armslength and then you will note their direction. If you desireto check the perspective, lay your book on the ground andseek for a long piece of slender grass. Hold one end of thegrass on the right of your drawing and above the top bar—. Fig. 67. Choose Simple Subjects for that is the height of the eye in this little sketch (Fig. 68).The palings are curved and bent, and overhang the rock. Therock is a thick crumbling substance, its rounded edge pro-jects, and its flat surface is slightly cleft and cast into draw the largest and most important parts first,such as the fence, and the rock, then add the grass tuftingthe summit, and the bramble swinging down into space. Anoak-tree stands close by. Its roots have become welded intocrevices of the rock, and it rears a twisted and graceful trunkbending slightly backward in its efforts to reach the rock and tree have characteristics in common. Sketchthe mass of the projecting boulder, then the root of the tree,150
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