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By Chapman, John Gadsby

A handbook for the novice, and foundation of analysis for the pro artist: particularly tailored to using private and non-private colleges, in addition to domestic guideline.

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E, antl is not worse for age. with musk. The best quality is generally strongly scented Common writing ink, for ordinary purposes, and for beginners, answers very well : it should be perfectly black. Extremely fluid and flowing ink, however favorable in writing, will be found in drawing often troublesome, as well by its unequal or over-requisite supply from the pen, as not drying with sufficient rapidity to prevent crossed and adjacent lines from running together. carefully. Metallic, and all otber pens, should be wiped clean, after use, and laid away Pens frequently, by accidental wear, acquire a peculiarly delicate and serviceable PRl~IARY 82 IN S TRUCTIONS.

F ····~·T - _~ · ~ ! j ..... ""'if' of the head inclines to the right or left, the centre or perpendicular ceases to ~ ... / ~ prove a deceitful guide. W hen drawn ... · be a straight line, and increasing m c urvature, loses its true position as a middle or central line for the features, while the oval itself is gradually lost ~ in regard to the true outline of the head, until the movement reaches a profile, and it becomes in a measure useless. Ai e\\) t { I ~ -+-{~'··············~ its movement, under such circumstances, and assume it as indicating the middle point of the featur es, distortion would : ' l\ f I \ \ I I f!

The pen admits of no indecision. We are compelled to consider well what is to be done, and then to do it with an unerring line or touch-and a failure can only be remedied by retracing our steps and another attempt. That failure is a lesson not soon forgotten, and many such will soon induce a habit of accuracy which is rarely acquired through the tangled confosion of lead pencil and Indian rubber. What is done with the pen can be done again, and there lies one of the great secrets of excellence in design.

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