. Drawing for beginners . exposed on the pebbles, there is all therigging to lead us astray when the boat is in the water. Moreover, we must know something about the shape thatis hidden by the waves. As it is necessary to know theshape of the limbs covered by the clothes, and the branchescovered with the leaves, so is it essential that we shouldknow something of the build of the boat. Should our artistic eye be attracted by the rich tints of 157 Drawing for Beginners the sails of fishing smacks or long-shore boats, we must becareful not to neglect the rigging and shape of the sails. I have a d
. Drawing for beginners . exposed on the pebbles, there is all therigging to lead us astray when the boat is in the water. Moreover, we must know something about the shape thatis hidden by the waves. As it is necessary to know theshape of the limbs covered by the clothes, and the branchescovered with the leaves, so is it essential that we shouldknow something of the build of the boat. Should our artistic eye be attracted by the rich tints of 157 Drawing for Beginners the sails of fishing smacks or long-shore boats, we must becareful not to neglect the rigging and shape of the sails. I have a distinct remembrance of five drawings by fivelittle ladies of a fishing smack with sails exactly the sameshape fore and aft. Compare one sail with another by drawing the long sweeping curves of the hull, andthen the angle of the mast. With these two facts carefullynoted you wont go quite so far astray. A beach, however, has a lot to offer besides the boats. There are the capstans, and the high black houses where. Fig. 80. Study of a Boat the fishermen store their nets and tackle, and the lobsterpots, and the heaps of coiled ropes. There are the rockswith their brown and mossy sides reflected in limpid pools ;crabs; shells of all descriptions; starfishes most obliginglylazy and quiet; sprays of deliciously coloured seaweed;sand castles, wooden spades, and scarlet buckets. The beach is full of interesting little colour subjects. Theair is clear, and the water reflects the light; bright caps andfrocks, sails and seaweed, and the striped tents and scarletbuckets are all most attractive. All our former discussions, our thumbnail sketches, penciland chalk studies, and small landscapes in colour will rendersketching by the seashore easier. If we wish to sketch people sitting on the beach, or children158 h^
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