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A practical treatise on drawing and on painting in water colours : with illustrative examples in pencil, in sepia, and in water colours leading the pupil progressively ... : comprehending the treatment of coast scenery, river scenery, and general landscape

Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780-1867 · 1839 · London : A.H. Baily · 20 pictures

A practical treatise on drawing and watercolour painting by G. F. Phillips, published in London by A.H. Baily in 1839 as a teaching manual for students progressing from pencil and sepia to full watercolour. The plates are rotated on the page and show castles, towers, a windmill and river and coast scenes built up in graded tones, which a designer could use as examples of economical wash shading and stepped tonal values in landscape.

Drawing · Drawing, British · Watercolor painting · Watercolor painting, British

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