SKETCHING FEUM NA'l i 





SKETCHING FROM NATURE. IIL 



OBJECTS WITH BETIKINQ SIDES. ETC. 



'I'm: instructions wo gavo in the last leason referred to the 

 tr.-:i inn-lit of a Hubjoct when placed in a parallel position with 

 ourselves, or with the picture plane; we then endeavoured to 

 how that we muat bo guided by the rules of parallel porspeo- 



may form with the picture plane or with our position. Now, 

 before we begin to make our drawing of the rabjeet we are 

 supposed to hare before us, we must direct the attention of oar 

 pupils to a few remark* respecting the relation there exists 

 between the object itself and the picture they are about to 

 make of it. We undertake this, hoping it will give them 

 clear idea of what we mean by the expression "our position,'* 



Fig. 4. 



live, when intending to draw an object in this position. It will 

 be unnecessary to say more upon this subject, beyond recom- 

 inriiilmg our pupils to turn back to " Lessons in Drawing," 

 Vol. I., page 73, Figs. 27a, 28, to 31. The remarks we there 

 made, in conjunction with all that we have recently explained, 



as it is so essentially necessary to understand this term 

 in connection with angular perspective. In considering this 

 there is one condition which we doubt not will be admitted by 

 all that the outline of a subject, let it be composed of houses, 

 trees, or anything else, ought to be so correct in the drawing 



Fig. 5. WEXHAM, SLOUGH. 



will, we have no doubt, make the process sufficiently clear to 

 the student. 



Having given these directions, we will now suppose ourselves 

 to be placed before a subject having an angle presented to 

 us; in other words, all its sides retiring. In this case we must 

 be guided solely by the rules of angular perspective. Here, 

 once more we advise our pupils to refer to the instructions 

 upon Angular Perspective in " Lessons in Drawing," No. V., 

 Vol. I., page 136. After this there will be no difficulty in under- 

 standing that a building in parallel perspective can have but 

 one position ; whilst one in angular perspective may have many, 

 according to the angle of inclination the side of the building 



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that if we held the paper up before us, between the objects and 

 the eye (supposing the paper to be transparent), we should find 

 that each line in the drawing would! coincide with the corre- 

 sponding line of the object. To do this exactly, or even to 

 make an approximation to it, would indeed prove the ability 

 of the draughtsman to be very great ; and although to some 

 of our pupils this view of the question may seem somewhat 

 strange, yet a little consideration will quickly put aside all 

 doubts that may arise as to the reasonableness of it ; and 

 if the meaning it conveys be rightly understood, we shall hare 

 got over half the difficulty in comprehending the Tne*"i"g of 

 the term " our position." 



