12. Letter I, Exercise VII: When you have done one square proceed to do another""

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12. Letter I, Exercise VII: When you have done one square proceed to do another""

Artist: FARTHING, Stephen, 1950-
Date: 2007
Description: Drawing
Title: 12. Letter I, Exercise VII: When you have done one square proceed to do another""
Format: mixed media on paper
Dimension: 350 x 428mm (framed)

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30. Letter III, 193: The law of principality""
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22. Letter II, 104: Foliage for two reasons... always accesible... leading or governing lines""
17. Letter I, Exercise X: Draw first only two or three leaves""
05. Letter I, Exercise II: The pen should, as it were, walk slowly over the ground""
06. Letter I, Exercise III: When your eye gets keen and true - you will see gradation in everything in nature""
24. Letter II, 108: That leaf is the main one that bough is the guilding one""
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04. Letter I, Exercise I: Try to fill in that square with crossed lines""
31. Letter III, 210: Rembrandt's elephant""
29. Letter II, 142: Ripple from a wild ducks breast""
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02. From the preface: I do not think that figures, as chief subjects can be drawn to any good purpose by an amateur""
15. Letter I, Exercise VIII: Following the spots which fall into the folds of the skin""
16. Letter I, Exercise X Put on a wash of colour, prepared very pale... then another wash""
21. Letter I, Exercise X, continued: A perfect artist habitually sees masses not edges""
23. Letter I, 105: The idea and main purpose in every branch are to carry all its child brances well out to the air and light""
08. Letter I, Exercise V: To be able to draw any form at once""
26. Letter II, 122: Avoid studies where one thing seen is through another""
10. Letter I, Exercise VI, continued: The brush is often more convenient for laying on masses of tints and shades""
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