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The Elements of Drawing

The Elements of Drawing

Ruskin, John
Ruskin, John

Paperback

Series: Drawing

Gifts & Stationery GeneralDrawing InstructionGeneral Art

ISBN10: 1535290285
ISBN13: 9781535290289
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 16 2016
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.29 Width: 7.01 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

The Elements of Drawing

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Three Letters to Beginners

John Ruskin

With Illustrations Drawn by the Author

Whether this book is to be of use to you or not, depends wholly on your reason for wishing to learn to draw. If you desire only to possess a graceful accomplishment, to be able to converse in a fluent manner about drawing, or to amuse yourself listlessly in listless hours, I cannot help you: but if you wish to learn drawing that you may be able to set down clearly, and usefully, records of such things as cannot be described in words, either to assist your own memory of them, or to convey distinct ideas of them to other people; if you wish to obtain quicker perceptions of the beauty of the natural world, and to preserve something like a true image of beautiful things that pass away, or which you must yourself leave; if, also, you wish to understand the minds of great painters, and to be able to appreciate their work sincerely, seeing it for yourself, and loving it, not merely taking up the thoughts of other people about it; then I can help you, or, which is better, show you how to help yourself.

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