DRAWINGS 



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Drawings consist, therefore, of two parts outline, and shaded texture 

 or finish. Ruskin observes that the real refinement of the outline depends 

 on its truly following the contours, and in regard to finish he offers sug- 

 gestions which may be applied to the drawings of the wall of the medullary 

 tube here reproduced. He states that if we are to "finish" farther, we 



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FIG. 495. THE WALL OF THE MEDULLARY TUBE, AS DRAWN BY Six STUDENTS. 



must know more or see more about the object. These sketches are not 

 finished in any sense but this, that the paper has been covered with lines. 

 A piece of work is more finished than others, not because it is more deli- 

 cate or more skillful, but simply because it tells more truth. " That which 

 conveys most information, with least inaccuracy, is always the highest 

 finish." 



