Drawing by Ruskin used in the School of Drawing. Completion of the Same Study. The series of washes is completed by the use of body colour white. “These three exercises are examples in execution only; and whatever is in them must be got, by the student who copies them, with that quantity of work and no more.” Source: Plate 41 in Hewison, John Ruskin: The Argument of the Eye. [Click on image to enlarge it.]
Other images in this set
- A Courtyard at Abbeyville (daguerrotypes)
- Sketch of Leafage with a single wash (drawing)
- Same Leaves, Farther Carried. The two upper groups only, leaving the highlights blank (drawing)
- Completion of the Same Study (drawing)
Bibliography
Hewison, Robert. John Ruskin: The Argument of the Eye.. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976. Plate 19 in Chapter 7. [Click on image to enlarge it.]
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