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                        A TREATISE ON LANDSCAPE
                     PAINTING IN WATER COLOURS BY
                               DAVID COX

                            WITH A FOREWORD
                            BY A. L. BALDRY

                       EDITED BY GEOFFREY HOLME
          LONDON: THE STUDIO, LTD., 44 LEICESTER SQ., W.C. 2
                                MCMXXII



FOREWORD BY A. L. BALDRY


When an artist is beyond question a master of his craft it is always
particularly interesting to hear what he has to say about the principles
by which his art is controlled and the methods he employs in his
practice. It is, of course, in his work, in the things he creates, that
he gives the complete expression of his convictions and that the full
product of his experience is embodied, but by the aid of words he is
able not only to declare the intention by which his expression has been
directed but also to explain the technical processes which have enabled
him to arrive at his results. His creed, once set down in writing, is
made permanently available for the guidance of all who study his work
and seek to realise his purpose; the statement of his methods becomes an
enduring record to which those who come after him can refer when they
wish to understand the manner of his production.

In this way, indeed, the educational value of the master’s precepts is
maintained indefinitely. Even after his personal and living influence
has been withdrawn his authority persists and his teaching remains
active, because in all its essentials it is still within the student’s
reach. Fashions in art may vary from time to time, but its fundamental
principles do not change and the exposition of these principles which
has served one generation is just as helpful to another.

Therefore, such a book as this “Treatise on Landscape Painting and
Effect in Water Colours, from the first rudiments to the finished
picture,” by David Cox, deserves as ready an acceptance to-day as it
received when it was first published more than a century ago. David Cox
is justly counted among the greater British masters--that can scarcely
be disputed--he was also a teacher of very wide experience and he knew
well how to enable others to profit by the knowledge he had accumulated.
It was the fruit of this experience that he gathered in his “Treatise,”
and it was in response to a demand from the people who were best able to
judge the quality of his teaching that he undertook the preparation of
the book. “The urgent and repeated solicitations of many of his pupils,”
he says in his foreword, “have induced the author of this work to submit
to the public those results which are the result of many years’ study,
and which may guide the student in the selection of appropriate effects
of nature, adapted to the different characters of landscape
composition.”

That in referring to “urgent and repeated solicitations” he was not
using a mere figure of speech is likely enough, for in those days plenty
of people wanted to be taught and the master who knew his business was
very much in request. Drawing and water-colour painting were reckoned as
elegant accomplishments which formed a necessary part of a polite
education, and there was not only a host of amateurs who were ready to
learn but a number of professional students as well with a real desire
to become proficient in a new and attractive form of practice in which
art patrons and collectors were showing themselves to be much
interested. The official type of art school with which we are familiar
to-day was almost non-existent--or at all events there were few such
places available for the amateur--so the private teacher had to supply
the deficiency and to assume a position of considerable responsibility.
However, it cannot be disputed that he filled this position in a way
that brought him credit and that what he had to do was done with marked
efficiency.

Certainly, the students then had privileges which we to-day can justly
envy. They were extraordinarily fortunate in their teachers, for they
were able to obtain instruction from some of the greatest masters whom
this country has produced. Turner, De Wint, Cotman and David Cox, and
many other men of distinction who were their contemporaries were
actively engaged in teaching during some part of their lives and by
their genius and experience they raised greatly the standard of popular
taste and fostered a feeling for art in social circles. Moreover, by
their practice and precept they developed the new art of painting in
water colours from a tentative and timid form of expression into
something splendidly robust and full of brilliant possibilities.

It may, perhaps, seem a matter for regret that an artist of rare
capacities, like David Cox, should have apparently wasted in the
drudgery of teaching so much of the time which he might have employed to
advantage in following his profession as a painter. But by his work as a
drawing-master he not only created a public which learned eventually to
show an effective appreciation of his productions, but he also helped on
a movement which was of benefit to others as well as himself. If the art
in which he excelled had been taught only by the less competent men it
would scarcely have secured so quickly such a large measure of
recognition; it was the ability of the teachers to prove how great were
its possibilities that ensured its acceptance and established its
authority.

Still, it must be admitted that many of these men whom we now rank as
masters became teachers from necessity rather than choice. At the end of
the eighteenth century it was often difficult for a young artist to earn
a living; pictures fetched low prices and the demand for them was
uncertain, so he had to seek out other sources of income. Teaching,
badly paid as it was, was a very real help and the man who could secure
a good connection in schools and among private pupils was able to
maintain himself while he was waiting to find buyers for his works. If
the patrons failed to appear he remained a teacher to the end of his
days, counting himself fortunate if he was able to hold his own against
the competition of younger men who were ready to oust him from his
place.

David Cox was decidedly one of those who were forced into teaching by
circumstances, for he was born of humble parents and had from early life
to make his way in the world by his own exertions. He had during his
childhood some small amount of art training and when he was barely
seventeen he began to work as a scene-painter, first in Birmingham,
where he was born, and afterwards in London. But even then he was a
serious student of nature with ambitions to become a landscape painter,
and soon after he came to London he took the opportunity to get some
lessons from John Varley in water-colour painting. In this new art he
made such satisfactory progress that he gave up his theatrical work,
devoting himself, instead, to landscape painting and teaching. Even then
he was only twenty-two and he had still much to learn to fit himself for
the career on which he was entering; but so assiduous was he in his
study of nature and so consistent in his effort to acquire a full
command of technical processes that he was able at the age of thirty--in
1813--to secure election as a member of the Society of Painters in Water
Colours. This election can be taken as evidence that he was already
regarded by his fellow-artists as a man of some distinction in his
profession. But the same year brought other evidences of his growing
success, for it saw his appointment as drawing-master in the Military
Academy at Farnham, and also the issue of the first parts of his
“Treatise on Landscape Painting,” in which he was able to talk about the
“repeated solicitations” of his pupils and to imply that his position as
a teacher was one which justified him in speaking with authority about
matters of technical practice.

Yet, with what he might regard as a fairly established place in the
world he was by no means relieved from his struggles for existence. He
had advanced, it is true, beyond the stage when he was glad to get a
couple of guineas a dozen for the drawings which he sold to dealers, but
his smaller works still fetched only a few shillings and a large one not
more than five or six pounds. It was necessary for him to work very hard
and to practise the strictest economy to maintain himself and his wife
and child, and it was impossible for him to do without the earnings
which teaching brought him. It was probably for this reason that in
1814, when he gave up his post at the Military Academy because he felt
the work there to be unsuited to him, he left London and settled in
Hereford, where teaching engagements in schools and private families
were plentiful and where he was able to take in pupil-boarders.

At Hereford he remained for nearly fourteen years, but he visited London
annually and he made periodical sketching excursions to different parts
of the British Isles and occasionally abroad. Eventually he returned to
London and lived at Kennington until 1841, when he moved once again,
this time to Harbourne, a suburb of his native town, Birmingham, where
he died in 1859. Slowly but surely he built up his reputation, more
slowly still he increased his income and added to his savings, but it
was not until his final departure from London that he was able to free
himself from his responsibilities as a teacher and to devote the whole
of his energies to painting.

Indeed, the move to Harbourne was made partly to obtain leisure for
practice in oil painting, as he had conceived a somewhat sudden desire
to acquire a mastery of that medium. He had used oils many years before,
but for sketches rather than finished pictures; the ambition to achieve
more in this direction came to him about 1839, when he made the
acquaintance of W. J. Muller and watched that extraordinarily skillful
painter at work. Cox, who was then a man of fifty-six, became a sort of
pupil of the younger artist and accepted hints from him with
characteristic humility--he is reported to have said on one occasion
during a technical demonstration, “You see, Mr. Muller, I can’t paint.”

However, if such a remark were justifiable in 1839, it was certainly
subject to considerable modification very few years later, for Cox, once
started in the right direction, developed quickly into an oil painter of
unquestionable distinction. He never, perhaps, reached quite the same
degree of proficiency which he had attained in water colours, but he did
work which was worthy of him and he added many fine canvases to the
series which generation by generation has been built up by the masters
of British landscape. Fortunately, he did not devote the whole of his
time to pursuit of new methods, indeed, to this final period of his life
belong some of the greatest of his water-colour paintings--possibly
practice with oils heightened his keenness of vision and increased the
strength with which he handled the more delicate medium, and no doubt
freedom from distractions enabled him to work more deliberately and with
closer concentration.

If Cox’s career is judged by the conventional money standard it would be
scarcely possible to say that he achieved success, for at no time were
his earnings large--he is said to have only once received £100 for a
picture--and the small competence which he amassed in his later years
would have seemed merely poverty to anyone less modest and
simple-minded. But if he is measured by the true standard, of
accomplishment, he can be reckoned as successful in the highest degree.
His paintings are distinguished by an exquisite perception of the great
facts of nature and by a consistent significance of interpretation, they
have a most attractive individuality, and their technical mastery is
exceptionally convincing--they put him definitely among the leaders of
the British school. As a teacher he had a wide and wholesome influence
because he sought to impress upon his pupils his own sincere belief that
nature is and always must be the right source of an artist’s
inspiration, and because he tried to make them devout and serious
students like himself.

It was essentially from the standpoint of the landscape painter that he
approached his teaching. His “Treatise” was intended to guide the
student “in the selection of appropriate effects of nature,” or in other
words, to point the way to a proper understanding of nature’s
subtleties. Cox did not believe in an easy and convenient formula; he
did not use one himself and he had no wish to impose it upon others. In
this his attitude was partly temperamental and partly, no doubt, due to
the fact that, unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not spend his
earlier years in learning the conventions of the topographical
draughtsman--he was a translator and an interpreter, not merely a
copyist, and although his interpretation was eminently a true one, its
truth appeared in his realisation of the great fundamentals, not in the
laborious statement of local trivialities. He expressed this himself on
one occasion when the committee of the Water-Colour Society had
complained that some paintings of his were “too rough”--he wrote, “They
forget that these are the work of the mind, which I consider very far
before portraits of places.”

This faith that painting should be the work of the mind, and of a mind
so stored with impressions of nature that it would be able infallibly to
recognise what was the way in which each aspect of nature should be
treated, is very clearly demonstrated in his “Treatise.” Read between
the lines of its practical advice the book, indeed, is an eloquent
assertion of a master’s creed, and as such it is instructive not only to
the student who wishes to profit by its technical hints but also to the
judges of art who are anxious to appreciate the principles of which
David Cox and his greater contemporaries were masterly exponents.

There is much in the text that explains these principles and defines the
manner in which they should be applied. For instance, when Cox dwells
upon “the necessity of becoming thoroughly acquainted with, and of
obtaining a proper feeling of, the subject,” and when he says that “the
picture should be complete and perfect in the mind before it is even
traced upon the canvas,” he is simply advocating that first and most
vital essential in all artistic effort, accurate and intelligent
observation.

Again, when he insists that “in the selection of a subject from nature
the student should ever keep in view the principal object which induced
him to make the sketch,” and adds that “the prominence of this leading
feature in the piece should be duly supported throughout; the character
of the picture should be derived from it; every other subject introduced
should be subservient to it; and the attraction of the one should be the
attraction of the whole,” he is only pointing out the necessity for
orderly and logical design. His arguments, too, that the sentiment of
the subject should be reflected in the manner of its treatment, that
“such force and expression should be displayed as would render the
effect, at the first glance, intelligible to the observer,” and that the
right relation should be scrupulously maintained between the leading
object in the composition and the less prominent accessories, are wholly
inspired by the belief that a sense of balance and proportion are as
indispensable to the student as the power to see and to think about what
he sees.

Further, what he has to say about the need for exactness in the
preparatory stages of a painting is most significant, as it shows how
much importance he attached to systematic accomplishment and steady
progression from one stage of the work to another. But here also the
foundation must be observation--the student “must possess a clear
conception of his subject” because upon that depends the perfection of
his outline, and “it will be necessary for him to be particular in his
designation of the outline” because only in that way will he be able to
proceed to his own satisfaction and convey a definite and correct idea
to the observer. Cox very rightly claims that “he who devotes his time
to the completion of a perfect outline, when he has gained this point,
has more than half finished his piece: while the author of a slovenly
outline creates for himself an infinity of trouble, in order to avoid
additional errors in the colouring of his subjects: and after all his
efforts, finds it impossible to produce a picture perfect in any one
part,” and he adds some valuable suggestions as to the way in which this
perfect outline--by which he means simply certainty and expressiveness
of draughtsmanship--should be obtained. Always, however, he asserts that
the way to success lies only through persistent endeavour and unfailing
consistency of purpose--“if the mind be fixed and sincere in pursuit of
the art, difficulties will be easily surmountable: they will rather
quicken than damp the desire for improvement,” and “the accomplishment
of one task will only give additional stimulus for the performance of
another” are essential articles in the creed which he professed and
practised throughout his life.

In fact, he regarded art as the intellectual result of a visual exercise
and to obtain this result he prescribed a rigorous discipline. His
teaching is all the more worthy of attention now because it provides an
antidote to the sloppy conventionalism which is poisoning much of the
art of to-day. There were no affectations about David Cox, and the poses
of our modern artists of the “advanced” school would have seemed to him
particularly offensive. Yet, he was himself a pioneer, and in some ways
a rebel; but in breaking new ground he was seeking to make progress by
overcoming the difficulties of art and his rebellion was against
limitations which he knew to be unreasonable. His book is proof enough
that he would have had no sympathy with reactionaries who make a
pretence of primitive simplicity so that they can shirk the labour of
learning their craft; and all that he has included in it shows that to
him that art only was right which was earnest, sincere, and honest, and
unquestioning in its worship of nature.



                              A TREATISE
                                  ON
                     LANDSCAPE PAINTING and EFFECT
                                  IN
                            WATER COLOURS:
          FROM THE FIRST RUDIMENTS, TO THE FINISHED PICTURE.

                                 WITH
                               EXAMPLES
                                  IN
                   _Outline, Effect, and Colouring_.

                                  BY
                              DAVID COX.

                                LONDON:
PRINTED FOR AND PUBLISHED BY S. AND J. FULLER, _at the Temple of Fancy_,
RATHBONE PLACE; And sold by Messrs. LONGMAN, HURST, BEES, ORME, and BROWN;
HERWOOD, NEELY, and JONES; and GALE and CURTIS, Paternoster-Row, ACKERMANN,
          Strand, and by all Booksellers in Town and Country.

                                 1813.

                           PRICE 7_s._ 6_d._

   Facsimile of the cover of the original edition, published in 1813



TO THE PUBLIC[A]


In an age when the patronage extended to the Fine Arts bears a full
proportion to the growing expansion of the human mind, and when our
National Taste is no longer put out to nurse, an apology for the
publication of a new Work, tending to the still more complete
elucidation of principles not yet perfectly understood, and giving
greater facilities to the labours of the young Artist, will scarcely be
considered necessary. If an excuse were sought for, however, the
Publishers would confidently point to the acknowledged eminence of the
Author of the production which they have the honour to propose to the
notice of the world; to the new and interesting principles which it will
develope; and to the extent and excellence of the examples with which it
will abound. To an enlightened and liberal public, possessing ability to
discriminate, and spirit to reward talent, it is unnecessary to urge any
additional claims to their attention and support.

The abilities of MR. COX, as a Painter in Water Colours, have been long
established; and his knowledge of Effect is equal to that of any Artist
of which the age can boast. His Pencil Drawings are of the boldest
style; and the Etchings, in imitation of Lead Pencil and Chalk, which
will be found amongst the examples appended to this Work, will be marked
by a peculiar character of fidelity, and derive an additional value from
the circumstance of their being executed by himself.--In the first of
these Sketches, the most simple principles of the Art will be exposed;
and the advancement of the young Student will be accomplished by their
gradual progression to subjects more interesting in their detail, and of
greater difficulty in their execution.

In the progress of the Work, the Author will introduce a variety of
imitations of his Drawings, in Sepia and Colours, from all the most
striking Effects in Nature; the Plates from which will be executed by
the first Aquatinta Engraver in London; and the subjects appropriated to
this department of the Work will be so selected, as to display an
unusual variety of the most picturesque Scenes in England and Wales.

The diversity and character of these Examples, combined with the sound
and simple instruction which will be found in these Numbers, will render
it a most desirable object of study, not only to the fashionable
Amateur, but to the young Artist whose disposition and ambition urge him
on in pursuit of professional eminence. All speculative and uncertain
theories will be cast aside, to make room for tried rules and solid
principles; the object of the whole being gradually to conduct the
Student, by the most direct paths, to the highest point of practical
excellence: and the Proprietors feel the most confident anticipations of
the brilliant success which will crown this Undertaking, from the
consciousness that a Work, better qualified to establish those ends
which it professes to keep in view, is not to be found amongst the
productions of contemporary genius.



A TREATISE ON LANDSCAPE PAINTING AND EFFECT IN WATER COLOURS BY DAVID
COX[B]


ADVERTISEMENT.

The urgent and repeated solicitations of many of his Pupils have induced
the author of this Work to submit to the Public those remarks which are
the result of many years’ study, and which may guide the Student in the
selection of appropriate effects of Nature, adapted to the different
characters of Landscape composition.

In his choice of the examples to elucidate these Observations, he has
been guided by a wish to lay before the Learner, as far as the limits of
the Work would admit of such illustrations, some of the most striking
effects, where incident combines with Nature to give expression and
vigour to each scene. A more satisfactory elucidation of this rule will
be afforded in the examples appended to the subsequent pages.


GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON LANDSCAPE PAINTING.

The principal art of Landscape Painting consists in conveying to the
mind the most forcible effect which can be produced from the various
classes of scenery; which possesses the power of exciting an interest
superior to that resulting from any other effect; and which can only be
obtained by a most judicious selection of particular tints, and a
skilful arrangement and application of them to differences in time,
seasons, and situation. This is the grand principle on which pictorial
excellence hinges; as many pleasing objects, the combination of which
renders a piece perfect, are frequently passed over by an observer,
because the whole of the composition is not under the influence of a
suitable effect. Thus, a Cottage or a Village scene requires a soft and
simple admixture of tones, calculated to produce pleasure without
astonishment; awakening all the delightful sensations of the bosom,
without trenching on the nobler provinces of feeling. On the contrary,
the structures of greatness and antiquity should be marked by a
character of awful sublimity, suited to the dignity of the subject;
indenting on the mind a reverential and permanent impression, and
giving, at once, a corresponding and unequivocal grandeur to the
picture. In the language of the pencil, as well as of the pen, sublime
ideas are expressed by lofty and obscure images; such as in pictures,
objects of fine majestic forms, lofty towers, mountains, lakes margined
with stately trees, rugged rocks, and clouds rolling their shadowy forms
in broad masses over the scene. Much depends upon the classification of
the objects, which should wear a magnificent uniformity; and much on the
colouring, the tones of which should be deep and impressive.

In the selection of a subject from Nature, the Student should ever keep
in view the principal object which induced him to make the sketch:
whether it be mountains, castle, groupes of trees, corn-field, river
scene, or any other object, the prominence of this leading feature in
the piece should be duly supported throughout; the character of the
picture should be derived from it; every other subject introduced should
be subservient to it; and the attraction of the one, should be the
attraction of the whole. The union of too great a variety of parts tends
to destroy, or at least to weaken the predominance of that which ought
to be the principal in the composition; and which the Student, when he
comes to the colouring, should be careful to characterise, by throwing
upon it the strongest light. In his attention to this rule, however, the
Student must be particular not to fall into the opposite extreme, by
suffering the leading object of his composition so fully to engross his
attention as to render him neglectful of the inferior parts. Because
they are not to be exalted into principals, it does not follow that they
are to be degraded into superfluities.

All the lights in a picture should be composed of warm tints, except
they fall on a glossy or reflective surface; such as laurel leaves,
glazed utensils, etc., which should be cool, and the lights small, to
give them a sparkling appearance: but care must be taken not to
introduce a cold colour in the principal light, which, as already
mentioned, should be thrown upon the leading feature of a picture, as it
conduces to destroy the breadth that should be preserved; while on the
contrary, the opposition or proximity of a cool to a warm colour assists
greatly in giving brilliancy to the lights. If the picture, for
instance, should have a cool sky, the landscape ought to be principally
composed of warm tints; as contrast of this description tends to the
essential improvement of the general effect.

All objects which are not in character with the scene should be most
carefully avoided, as the introduction of any unnecessary object is sure
to be attended with injurious consequences. This must prove the
necessity of becoming thoroughly acquainted with, and obtaining a proper
feeling of, the subject. The picture should be complete and perfect in
the mind, before it is even traced upon the canvas. Such force and
expression should be displayed, as would render the effect, at the first
glance, intelligible to the observer. Merely to paint, is not enough;
for where no interest is felt, nothing can be more natural than that
none should be conveyed.

Finally, it may be observed, that it is only by a due attention to each
distinct part, and by a skilful combination of all, that the whole can
be effective and delightful.


ON OUTLINE.

The young draftsman who is ambitious of future eminence must be close in
his attention to those minute points which, skilfully combined,
constitute the excellence of the painter. In the outset, it will be
necessary for him to be particular in his designation of the Outline,
for the perfection of which, he must possess a clear conception of his
subject; otherwise, be his genius what it may, he will wander wildly,
without either promoting his own satisfaction, or conveying a definite
or correct idea to the observer. Too little attention has generally been
paid to this point, by Students: they are too apt to appear disconcerted
and discouraged, when the task wears a complexion of difficulty.

A clear and decided Outline possesses a manifest superiority over an
imperfect or undecided one, inasmuch as it renders unnecessary those
continual references to Nature or to copy, which must be had recourse
to, where the Outline is defective. He who devotes his time to the
completion of a perfect Outline, when he has gained this point, has more
than half finished his piece; while the author of a slovenly Outline
creates for himself an infinity of trouble, in order to evade additional
errors in the colouring of his subjects; and after all his efforts,
finds it impossible to produce a picture perfect in any one part. To
attain proficiency in the art of pencilling, the Student is recommended
to practise Drawing from the casts of the antique, by which study he
will acquire a growing facility in the designation of fine forms, as
well as a more correct and decided mode of outlining. The Pupil will
also find his progress greatly accelerated by the dedication of his
leisure moments to copying objects of still life--a practice which will
be found replete with advantage, when he studies combinations of
subjects for compositions of landscape scenery.

In tracing the distinct objects of a landscape, it is recommended to
attend more particularly to the general forms than to detail: for
example, in sketching a mountain, it will be sufficient to describe the
extreme Outline, without descending to the diversified and numerous
ridges which may appear; for although these uneven divisions arrest the
attention of the Student, when engaged in tracing the particular form of
the eminence, they are lost to the eye which embraces, at one view, the
whole of the scene. A greater degree of minuteness, however, ought to be
observed in the Outline of the fore-ground of a picture, where the
features of the object assume a more specific appearance, shewing
decided forms, and obtruding all their diversities of shape upon the
view. To obtain excellence in this respect, it will be necessary to make
correct drawings from Nature, of weeds, plants, bark of trees, and such
objects as usually constitute the foreground of a landscape.

The Student must first commence with perpendicular, horizontal, and
diagonal lines, to give the hand that freedom and certainty which are
necessary. The Drawing must be strongly marked in the shade and
foreground of the subject, but more delicately in the lighter parts, and
as the distance gradually increases. Due attention to this cannot fail
to give the true spirit and perspective. The Plates of this Work should
be copied in regular succession, and any bad line that may be made
should be entirely expunged; for all effort to rectify, by retouching,
will only give the piece a scratched and indecisive appearance, and
consequently will cause confusion and mistakes in the colouring.

Any little failure must not be made the source of discouragement; and in
case the Student should not have succeeded altogether so well as could
be wished, in the first attempt, he ought by all means to persevere
until completely successful; carefully endeavouring, in his renewed
efforts, to avoid the same errors. This mode will assuredly be followed
with far greater improvement than can possibly attend hasty transitions
from one subject to another, without producing perfection in either.

The best and surest method of obtaining instruction from the Works of
others is not so much by copying them, as by drawing the same subjects
from Nature immediately after a critical examination of them, while they
are fresh in the memory. Thus they are seen through the same medium, and
imitated upon the same principles, without preventing the introduction
of sufficient alterations to give originality of manner, or incurring
the risk of being degraded into a mere imitator.

If the mind be fixed and sincere in pursuit of the Art, difficulties
will be easily surmountable: they will rather quicken than damp the
desire for improvement; for it is only where talent is required that
Genius can be active. The accomplishment of one task will only give
additional stimulus for the performance of another. Increasing pleasure
will naturally flow from progressive improvement. The mind will ever be
busily and pleasingly employed; for “the effect of every object that
meets a Painter’s eye may give him a lesson.”


ON LIGHT AND SHADE, AND EFFECT.

It is here that the Art begins to display its varied and inexhaustible
beauties, and to reward the patient and improving Student. The outline
being completed in the manner prescribed by the foregoing instructions,
LIGHT and SHADE, and EFFECT, should be studied in sepia or Indian ink,
by which a clearer conception of each will be acquired than if practised
in colours; the variety of the latter tending to perplex the mind, and
to divert it from the main object. Colouring is a distinct and
subsequent branch, and is only to be learnt by long and minute
observation of the diversified tints and hues of Nature. The principle
of Light and Shade, on the contrary, is established by theory. This
subject has already been so admirably treated on, that it will be
impossible to give a better insight into it than is contained in the
following passages extracted from a celebrated Work.

“Shadow is a diminution of light occasioned by the interposition of some
opake body, which receiving and intercepting the light that should be
cast on the plane it is placed on, there gives a shadow of its own form:
for light being of a communicative nature, diffuses itself on every
thing not hid from it, particularly on every thing that is plain and
smooth; but where there happens the least elevation, a shadow is
produced which exhibits the figure of the illumined part on the plane.

“The diversity of luminaries occasions a difference of shadows; for if
the body that illumines be larger than the body illumined, the shadow
will be less than the body. If they be equal, the shadow will be equal
to the illumined; and if the luminary be less than the object, the
shadow will be continually enlarging as it goes farther off.

“From what has been observed we draw this conclusion: that the same
object may project shadows of different forms, though still illumined on
the same side; the sun giving one form, the torch or lamp another.

“The sun always makes its shadow equal to the object; that is, projects
it parallel-wise. It is certainly of consequence to observe these rules
precisely, and not take the rules for candles, lamps, and the like, in
lieu thereof.

“The shadow of objects given by a torch or lamp is not projected in
parallels, but in rays proceeding from a centre: whence the shadow is
never equal to the object, but always larger; and grows larger as it
recedes further.

“To find a shadow, two things are supposed, viz., light and body. Light,
though quite contrary to shadow, is yet what gives it its being; as the
body, or object, is what gives its form and figure. To conceive the
nature of shadows more clearly, and render the practice more easy, it
must be observed, that there are two points to be made use of: one of
them, the foot of the light, which is always taken on the plane the
object is placed upon; the other, the luminous body;--the rule being
common to the sun, torch, etc., with this difference, that the sun’s
shadow is projected in parallels, and that of the torch in rays, from
the centre, as before mentioned. But as all objects on earth are so
small in comparison of the sun, the diminution of their shadows is
imperceptible to the eye, which sees them all equal, neither broader nor
narrower than the object that forms them. On this account, all the
shadows caused by the sun are made in parallels.

“To find the shadow of any object whatever opposed to the sun, a line
must be drawn from the top of the luminary, perpendicular to the plane
where the foot of the luminary is to be taken; and from this, an occult
line to be drawn through one of the angles of the plane of the object;
and another, from the sun to the same angle. The intersection of the two
lines will express how far the shadow is to go. All the other lines must
be drawn parallel hereto.

“All given shadows must appear darker than that part of the object not
illumined, for this reason--those parts of objects not illumined receive
the reflection of the brightness around them; while the shadow given can
receive no reflection but from the object in shade.”

Having thus given the origin of Light and Shade, it will be necessary
next to proceed to give some idea of the various effects of Nature, and
the class of scenery suitable to each effect; as the great merit of a
picture depends on the most appropriate Effect given to each scene.

Abrupt and irregular lines are productive of a grand or stormy Effect;
while serenity is the result of even and horizontal lines, where no
roughness or intersections appear, to invade the mild harmony of beauty.

Morning Effect, for instance, may be displayed in any composition the
form and character of which are pleasing to the eye--where the pendent
forms of trees, combined with other objects, communicate to the mind a
delightful impression; and a similar observation will hold good with
respect to Mid-day, which may be produced in various situations: but
owing to the great glare of light in such Effects, hay-fields,
corn-fields, or any busy scene on rivers, etc., are suitable for the
Effect, and as regards Evening and Twilight. Such Effects being
calculated to convey to the mind impressions of grandeur, the
composition should be studied, to produce such an Effect; and the
Colouring ought to be perfectly in unison with the peaceful repose or
the gloomy majesty which controls the scene.

A flat country, on the marshy banks of a winding river, should be seen
beneath a grey, clouded sky. The transient effect adapted to such a
landscape is produced by the fleeting lights of the sunbeams,
struggling, between the interstices of the blowing clouds. The old
Pollard Willow is strictly characteristic of this scene, being
indigenous to countries of this description; and its situation in the
landscape might be such, as to carry the eye through all the various
meanderings of the stream.

In landscapes which may have been selected solely with a view to the
display of some particular object, and which are low, and, on the whole,
less prolific in interest, and less gratifying to the eye, than others
might have been, an additional feature of interest should be thrown into
the sky, to aid, by the contrast it would afford, the effect of the
whole, which otherwise might appear unsatisfactory; taking care, at the
same time, not to invade or to injure the prominent character of the
picture. On the other hand, however, where the scene itself is naturally
full of interest, the picture will of course admit of a less beautiful
and imposing; sky: although in this case, as in the former, due
attention should be paid, to support the character of the whole. At the
same time it ought to be fully explained, that these observations must
be understood as by no means intended to confine the exertions of the
Student entirely to the particular subjects which have been chosen for
illustration in the various Effects of this Work; as it will be obvious,
in drawing from Nature, the Student will find subjects very different,
equally adapted to this purpose; and in his selections from the objects
which may present themselves to his notice, he will of course find, in
his own taste, a guide which will be more or less correct, in proportion
as he has cultivated and refined it.


METHOD OF LAYING ON THE TINTS.

It will be necessary that the Pupil should be provided with good hair
pencils, sepia or Indian ink, and saucers to mix each separate shade in;
also paper strained upon a proper drawing-board.

The outline being made very correct, the Pupil will mix up three or four
different shades, according to the number of distances there may be in
the copy, and carefully match them to each, commencing with the sky, and
keeping the drawing-board a good deal sloped, which will assist the tint
to follow the pencil in the part where he is at work. He will also be
particularly careful always to lay it on clear to the outline. After he
has gone over the sky, in all the principal parts, sufficient to produce
the effect, he will next proceed to lay in all the shades, or masses of
shadow, which usually form the general effect of the composition;
beginning always with the third distance in the landscape; afterwards
the second or middle distance; and then working the fore-ground in the
same way. It ought to be observed as an invariable rule, that the pencil
should be tolerably full of colour, in order that it may float, which
will give clearness to the work. After having gone over the whole in the
shadows, the Learner will mix a tint something lighter than each shadow,
which must be used upon the lights in blending the dark into the lights,
such as in fractured stone, brick, broken plaister, etc., and in those
parts of trees where it is required to break the shadows into the light
branches by small touches; which will give a finish to the appearance of
the drawing, and soften or blend together any parts which may appear too
abrupt. In the finishing, a dark shade should be mixed up, with which
those parts in the shadows which require to be marked out in the outline
may be finished up; and a proper depth should be given to the dark
parts: but care should be taken not to use this dark tint in any bright
light, as it would render the part harsh, and unpleasant to the eye.

It must be observed, that in putting on all tints or shadows the Student
must accustom himself to working with his board straight before him; and
in laying on his tints, must be particularly careful to begin by laying
them close to the outline, and not by repeated touches, or dragging the
pencil backward and forward in a timid manner, without any decided
method--a fault that is chiefly owing to the outline not being made
correct; for where the Pupil has made a correct and decided outline, all
timidity vanishes, and he will work with spirit and freedom. The reverse
is the cause of so many failures in the commencement of the Art.


ON COLOURING.

The effect having been studied in Sepia or Indian ink, in the Colouring
of his subject the young Student should be particularly attentive to the
adaptation of his colours to the composition and effect of the piece.
In Morning and Evening effects we naturally look towards the light
which at those periods of the day is marked by a mild beauty which
gratifies and attracts, yet divested of that dazzling noontide
effulgence which weakens and repulses, the eye. Those objects which are
seen against the strongest light must wear a neutral tint, which may be
termed negative harmony; for were they to be garbed in the rich and
full-dress liveries of Nature, the influence of the lustres behind them
would in a great measure be rendered nugatory, and the effect weak and
full of error: on the contrary, in the representation of broad sunshine
or mid-day, those parts of the piece which are visited by, but not seen
against, strong lights, will admit of a rich and beautiful harmony of
colour, without doing violence to truth, or infringing on the economy of
Nature; and this may be called positive harmony, or a picture of colour.

Every tint should be laid on with clearness and decision, so that the
object may receive its proper tone at the first touch of the hair
pencil; nor is less skill required in the choice and appropriation of
the colours, which should be diversified as much as is consistent with
the unison necessary to the production of harmony. Objects which are
exposed to the light require a higher finish and more glowing warmth of
colour than those which are shrouded in shade; while the minutest parts
of the former ought to be touched with the utmost care, so as to render
visible and striking all that the broad and bright radiance of the sun
may be supposed to develope. The latter will admit of a less laboured
and less perfect delineation. In the lights of a picture, attention to
this rule is indispensable, where it is necessary to distinguish, with
so much correctness of detail, those very objects which in shadow would
permit that intimacy of union which would almost make them appear as
one.

The light aerial tints should be laid on the remotest parts of a
picture, gradually brightening into more rich and decided tones as they
approach the nearer and more prominent objects; taking care to preserve
the same atmosphere throughout the picture.



TEMPLE OF FANCY[C]


    In times so uncommon, so big with events,
      So hard on the poor, and so hurtful to trade,
    So fruitful with bunches of catchpenny-gents,
      When fortunes immense by Gass-lights are made,
    When Tunnels are carried quite under the Thames,
      And Hampstead and Highgate are each to be bor’d,
    When ev’ry Profession is teeming with schemes,
      And Cattle are free from the murrain insur’d;
    A plain honest Tradesman who keeps out of debt,
    Whose name is not seen in the London Gazette,
    May linger unnoticed, his labours unknown,
    Till Puff or Advertisement gives him the _Ton_.
      Now be it thus known to all Persons of Fashion,
    And others of Rank, Pretension, or Station,
    Or Box Lobby Loungers, or rich plodding Cits,
    Who live by their acres, or exist by their wits:
    And so it be known to the few who have spirit
    And means to call forth the exertions of merit--
    Who kindly bestow their time and attention
    On the labours of Art and the works of Invention:
    That FANCY, a Goddess by Artists respected,
    In the PLACE of RATHBONE has a TEMPLE erected,
    And thither her Vot’ries are ask’d to repair,
    To lounge away time, or drive away care;
    There pleasing politeness invites at the door,
    Whose mystical Number is _Thirty_ and _Four_.
    The TEMPLE’s interior by _Fancy_ is grac’d
    With efforts of Art, and productions of Taste;
    Where Science and Genius have happily blended
    The things which for _shew_ and for _use_ are intended;
    There the Ladies will beautiful _Work Tables_ find,
    Or _Plateaus_, or _Cabinets_, form’d to their mind,
    Bedeck’d with _Medallions_, or finish’d with _Borders_,
    And varnish’d and polish’d according to orders;
    _Writing Desks_, _Netting Boxes_, _Tunbridge Tea Caddies_,
    For the Beaux pretty _Housewives_, and _Screens_ for the Ladies;
    Collections of _Prints_, and new _Publications_,
    With _Drawings_ and _Sketches_ of latest new Fashions;
    Designs rich and various, each fancy to suit,
    Of _Figures_, of _Insects_, of _Flowers_, and of _Fruit_,
    Of _Cattle_, of _Trees_, and of _Songsters_ that warble,
    With Articles fashion’d to imitate _Marble_;
    _Transparencies_ fitted to look like stain’d glass,
    And _Blinds_ which the long-fam’d Venetian surpass;
    Rich _Borders_ and _Papers_ for Walls or Partitions,
    And _Ovals_ and _Circles_ for Mathematicians;
    For the soft billet-doux _Pens_, _Paper_ and _Ink_,
    And Ladies of Taste may _dye_ with the _Pink_;
    There Soldiers with _Trophies_ may gladden their souls,
    And Sailors may quickly arrive at the _Poles_;
    There Ladies with _Colours_ may heighten their graces,
    And Loungers with _Bronze_ may replenish their faces;
    In the best-finish’d state _Bristol Boards_ are prepar’d;
    And there may be found each description of _Card_,
    For the Lady who visits, or to parties invites,
    And _Cards_ for the Clubs both at Brookes’s and White’s.
    In short, at this TEMPLE the Public will meet
    With Articles fanciful, useful, and neat,
    Which there will in tasteful profusion abound,
    And FULLER and FULLER will always be found.

[Illustration: PLATE I.

STUDIES.]

[Illustration: PLATE II.

STUDY.]

[Illustration: PLATE III.

STUDY.]

[Illustration: PLATE IV.

STUDY.]

[Illustration: PLATE V.

STUDY.]

[Illustration: PLATE VI.

NEAR KNOWLE, WARWICKSHIRE.]

[Illustration: PLATE VII.

NEAR BROMLEY, KENT.]

[Illustration: PLATE VIII.

STUDIES.]

[Illustration: PLATE IX.

DINAS MAWDDWY, NORTH WALES.

ON THE BARMOUTH ROAD, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE X.

NEAR BIRMINGHAM.

NEAR LLANBERIS, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE XI.

NEAR HAMPTON-IN-ARDEN, WARWICKSHIRE.]

[Illustration: PLATE XII.

NORTH WALES.

NEAR KNOWLE, WARWICKSHIRE.]

[Illustration: PLATE XIII.

NEAR LEICESTER.]

[Illustration: PLATE XIV.

NEAR LLANFAIR, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE XV.

NEAR LLANFAIR, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE XVI.

ON BROMLEY HILL, KENT.]

[Illustration: PLATE XVII.

ON DULWICH COMMON, SURREY.]

[Illustration: PLATE XVIII.

DOLBADARN TOWER, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE XIX.

LLANFAIR CHURCH, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE XX.

STUDY.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXI.

STUDY.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXII.

BIRCH.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXIII.

ELM.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXIV.

POLLARD WILLOW.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXV.

OAK.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXVI.

BEECH.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXVII.

ASH.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXVIII.

ASTON HILL, NEAR BIRMINGHAM.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXIX.

BRIDGNORTH BRIDGE, SHROPSHIRE.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXX.

PART OF KENILWORTH CASTLE.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXXI.

HAMPTON-IN-ARDEN, WARWICKSHIRE.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXXII.

NEAR LLANFAIR, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXXIII.

NO. 1.

NO. 2.

PART OF KENILWORTH CASTLE.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXXIV.

NO. 3.

NO. 4.

PART OF KENILWORTH CASTLE.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXXV.

NO. 1.

NO. 2.

A STUDY.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXXVI.

STUDIES.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXXVII.

OLD BUILDINGS, HASTINGS.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXXVIII.

OLD BUILDINGS, LAMBETH.]

[Illustration: PLATE XXXIX.

MORNING--VIEW OF WINDSOR CASTLE.]

[Illustration: PLATE XL.

EVENING--VIEW OF CONWAY CASTLE.]

[Illustration: PLATE XLI.

HAZY MORNING.]

[Illustration: PLATE XLII.

MID-DAY.]

[Illustration: PLATE XLIII.

A HEATH--CLOUDY EFFECT.]

[Illustration: PLATE XLIV.

SNOWDON, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE XLV.

COTTAGE NEAR NORTH FLEET, KENT.]

[Illustration: PLATE XLVI.

LANE AT EDGBASTON, NEAR BIRMINGHAM.]

[Illustration: PLATE XLVII.

AN EFFECT AFTER A STORM--VIEW ON THE COAST NEAR HARLECH, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE XLVIII.

TRANSIENT EFFECT--VIEW IN BATTERSEA MARSH.]

[Illustration: PLATE XLIX.

DOLBADARN TOWER, LLANBERIS LAKE, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE L.

PONT ABERGLASLYN, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE LI.

HASTINGS FISHING-BOATS RETURNING ON THE APPROACH OF A STORM.]

[Illustration: PLATE LII.

SHEEP-SHEARING--A VIEW IN SURREY.]

[Illustration: PLATE LIII.

MORNING--FISH-MARKET ON THE BEACH, HASTINGS.]

[Illustration: PLATE LIV.

TWILIGHT--WARWICK CASTLE.]

[Illustration: PLATE LV.

MORNING--ETON COLLEGE.]

[Illustration: PLATE LVI.

NOON--LLANELLTYD VALE, NORTH WALES.]

[Illustration: PLATE LVII

PART OF BATTLE ABBEY

This subject is selected, as being the most simple, both in its design
and colouring, that could well have been fixed upon: still, however, it
will be necessary to give a description of the tints used, viz.--The sky
is coloured with indigo alone; the clouds with indigo mixed with light
red; the distance, indigo finished with the same colour, and a little
lake; the building is washed over with indigo, light red, and a little
gamboge; and the shadowed parts of it with indigo and lake, finished
with Vandyke brown and a little indigo. The greens in the foreground are
composed of indigo, burnt sienna, and gamboge, finished with Vandyke
brown.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LVIII

VIEW IN SURREY

Is intended as a contrast to the foregoing Plate, producing, by the
effect of a dark sky, a strong light upon the principal object. The
colours for the sky are composed of indigo, lake, and ivory black; the
distance, indigo finished with the same colour and a little lake. That
part of the cottage where the light is strongly reflected, is yellow
ochre, with a little burnt sienna mixed in the richer tones; the roof is
black and lake, with a little burnt sienna, finished with the same; the
shadows and the grey tint upon the timber, indigo and Indian red; the
road, with indigo and Indian red also, which is finished with Vandyke
brown and lake. The greens for the bank and the bushes are indigo, burnt
sienna, and gamboge, completed with indigo and brown pink, and a few
touches of Vandyke brown.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LIX

EFFECT, MORNING

Morning Effect should be produced by sparkling and catching lights. A
scene on the banks of a river is here intended to produce the effect,
while the clear reflection of the different objects in the water gives
stillness to the scene; and the people crossing in the ferry-boat to
market is an incident which materially tends to stamp the character and
elucidate the effect of the picture. The sky tints are composed of
indigo, lake, and a little gamboge, gradually softened in with light
ochre towards the horizon; the upper part of the sky is finished with a
little ultramarine; the water washed in with the same tints as the lower
part of the sky; the distance, indigo and a little light red; the trees
and bank, in the second distance, indigo and Indian red, re-touched in
the lights with light ochre and gamboge; the shadows upon the house,
indigo and Indian red; the light side, light ochre; the foreground
trees, bank, and weeds are worked in with a grey composed of indigo,
Indian red, and brown pink, finished with the same three colours,
preserving some quite white for the sparkling lights, which are to be
carefully filled up with gamboge and indigo; the bark of the trees,
indigo and Indian red; the whole of the foreground finished with indigo
and burnt sienna, heightened up with Vandyke brown.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LX

EFFECT, MID-DAY

As the light is required to be broad, an open scene appears well
calculated to produce the effect; and a Corn-field is made choice of.
The colours for the sky are indigo and lake; the foliage in the
distance, indigo and Indian red; the corn-field, yellow ochre, finished
with yellow ochre and Vandyke brown; the bushes in front, indigo, Indian
red, and brown pink; the road, light red; the foreground finished with
Vandyke brown.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXI

EVENING. VIEW OF WINDSOR CASTLE

The upper part of the sky is coloured with indigo, lake, and a little
gamboge, gradually softened in with light ochre as it descends, and
toward the horizon with light red. The Castle is laid in with a warm
tint of indigo and light red, then shaded lightly with indigo and lake.
The different greens in the woods are composed of indigo, burnt sienna,
and gamboge, varied as required; the shadows in the nearer parts, indigo
and burnt sienna; the water with the same colours. The trees in the
foreground are indigo and burnt sienna, and the finishing touches with
Vandyke brown. The whole of the foreground and wood glazed with brown
pink.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXII

TWILIGHT. VIEW OF HARLECH CASTLE NORTH WALES

The grey tint in the sky is composed with indigo and Indian red, and the
horizon is coloured with light ochre; the distant mountains with indigo,
finished with the same, mixed with lake, and a little Venetian red on
the light sides; the nearer mountains, indigo, lake, and Venetian red;
the Castle, with the same; the rocks and foreground, lake, ivory, black
and burnt sienna; the greens, burnt sienna, gamboge, and indigo; the
trees, indigo and burnt sienna, heightened with spirited touches of
Vandyke brown.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXIII

WIND

The general tone of colour is a silvery grey, upon which the effect of
the piece most materially depends; the sky, indigo and Indian red
throughout, with a little warm tint upon the edges of the clouds; the
distance, indigo, gradually adding Indian red towards the middle and
foreground; the Mill, with the same colour, glazed lightly with Vandyke
brown; the heath, indigo and burnt sienna, with clear touches of lake
and a very little indigo for the bloom of the wild flowers, etc.,
finished with Vandyke brown.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXIV

RAIN

The clouds, indigo and Indian red, finished with indigo and lake, and a
few touches of light red, subdued with a little indigo on the edges of
the clouds; the distance, with the same grey colour as the clouds; the
bright greens, burnt sienna, indigo, and gamboge, glazed with Vandyke
brown; the gipsey tents are lightly coloured with lake and a little
black, and varied with a few clear tints.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXV

CALM. HASTINGS FISHING-BOATS

The blue sky is coloured with indigo and a little lake; the clouds, with
indigo and Indian red; the sea, indigo, gamboge, and a little lake; the
boats, sails, etc., with a grey tint of indigo and Indian red mixed,
glazed with Vandyke brown and burnt sienna; the figures shaded with the
same grey as the boats, and coloured as may be required.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXVI

STORM. VIEW NEAR HASTINGS

The colour of the clouds is composed with indigo, lake, and black; the
warmer parts, indigo and light red; the sea, indigo and Vandyke brown;
the rocks laid in with indigo and Indian red, and enriched with tints of
lake, Vandyke brown, and burnt sienna, finished with a few decided
touches of Vandyke brown.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXVII

CLOUDY EFFECT. DISTANT VIEW OF CARNARVON CASTLE

A mixture of indigo, lake, and black for the clouds; distance with
indigo and lake; and the middle distance, indigo, lake, and brown pink;
the rocks and foreground are shaded with lake and black; the lights
varied with a little yellow ochre, also with indigo and lake mixed; the
green, indigo and burnt sienna, glazed with brown pink.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXVIII

MISTY MORNING

The sky is laid in with indigo and Indian red, softened with light ochre
toward the horizon; the whole of the trees, water, bank, etc., are first
worked in with a tint composed of indigo, Indian red, and a little brown
pink, afterwards glazed with brown pink, indigo, and burnt sienna, as
the warmth or coldness of the objects may require.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXIX

AFTERNOON EFFECT. VIEW IN SURREY

The warm tint in the sky is composed with indigo, light red, and yellow
ochre, adding more ochre towards the sun; the clouds, indigo and Indian
red, tinged with a little yellow ochre; the whole of the landscape laid
in with indigo, Indian red, and brown pink, and glazed with brown pink,
Vandyke brown, and indigo; the sheep, shaded with indigo and light red
mixed, and tinted with light ochre.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXX

RAINBOW EFFECT. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, FROM BATTERSEA MARSH

The sky with indigo, lake, and gamboge, taking care to soften the edges
of the rainbow with clear water; and when perfectly dry, colour the
outer extremity of the rainbow with red; then soften in with it a
yellow, which will produce an intermediate tint of orange. While the
yellow is wet, run in a blue, which will give a green between the two
colours; and under the blue, a little lake must be softened in. The
tints upon the bushes on the opposite side of the water are varied with
gamboge, burnt sienna, and indigo; the water, the same tint as the sky;
the barge, lake and black, finished with Vandyke brown.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXXI

MOONLIGHT EFFECT. VIEW ON THE THAMES

The blue in the sky with indigo and lake, subdued with a little gamboge;
the clouds tinted with light red and indigo mixed; the distance, water,
trees, etc., worked in with a grey composed of indigo, lake, and
gamboge, and glazed with brown pink; the barge, with a clear tint of
lake and black, glazed with Vandyke brown, finished with a few smart
touches of the same.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: PLATE LXXII

SNOW SCENE. VIEW IN SUSSEX

The sky is first coloured with indigo and Indian red; afterwards, in
parts, with indigo alone. The whole of the landscape is shaded with
indigo and Indian red, finished with Vandyke brown and brown pink; the
sheep, with a warm grey of indigo and light red, tinted with yellow
ochre.]

[Illustration]


FOOTNOTES:

[A] Reprinted from the cover of the original edition, published in 1813

[B] Reprinted from the original edition, published in 1813

[C] Reprinted from the cover of the original edition, published in 1813





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