

of Antwerp blue, for instance, straying intf) a mfiist nnin\- colour 

 like Indian yellow would effectually spoil its use as a [lurc colour 

 for all time. 



For lightls' sketching in a group 1 think 1 prefer a B pencil to tile 

 V I have generally heard recommended for the purpose, because the 

 B is softer and more easilj' rubbed out, but above all things it must not 

 be used heavily ; the lightest, most delicate touch of which you arc 

 capable must suffice. 



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Do not have your model too near ; you can get such a much better 

 idea of general proportions and also of light and shade at a little 

 distance. You can always move a little nearer when )'our study is 

 sufficiently advanced to require detail. 



Notice very carefully the main direction and general form of yuuv 

 group and mark it in. In the examples I have drawn for you in a 

 group of daisies (page 94) I hope you will be able to follow what I mean. 

 You will see I have indicated the shape of each flower bj- rough circles 

 varying in perspective according to the position of the blooms, and that 

 their stems are expressed by sweeps of the pencil to indicate this 

 direction even through the flowers themselves. This is, as it were, a 

 rough ground plan of the general form of the group, and of course it is 

 subject to variation as we draw 

 in the petals, where some overlap 

 the edges. 



As these were drawn with the 

 idea of the necessities of repro- 

 duction before me. 1 ha\c been 

 obliged to make the lines much 

 firmer and harder than I should 

 do if I were making the study as 

 a guide for my own use ; in that 

 case the lines would be as pale 

 and faint as it is possible to 

 make them. 



Tiie second stud\' shows the 

 drawing ready for painting, onl\-, 

 of course, it must be rubbed down, 

 preferably with soft clean bread, 

 until the merest shadow of a line 

 is left, just enough to guide )'OU 

 on your way, for once a drop of 

 water gets on a strong pencil line 

 it is "set" indelibly, and quite 

 immovable afterwards. 



