Practical Directions for Portrait Painting in Water Colours
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: September 27, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 63
ISBN-13: 9781402162688
Subjects: practical directions,portrait painting,technique,watercolor technique,Mary Philadelphia Merrifield; Art / Drawing
First sentence: TO a person unaccustomed to the use of colours, it appears a task of considerable difficulty to paint a head from life, and to imitate with accuracy and precision, or even to be able to distinguish, the delicate gradations of the tints, and the correct form, as modified by perspective, of every feature.