The Practice and Science Of Drawing

by Harold Speed
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Title: The Practice and Science Of Drawing
Author: Harold Speed


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THE

PRACTICE & SCIENCE

OF

DRAWING

BY

HAROLD SPEED

Associe de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Member of the
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, &c.

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With 93 Illustrations & Diagrams

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LONDON SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LIMITED 38 GREAT RUSSELL STREET 1913

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[Illustration: Plate I.

FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF SAME MONOCHROME PAINTING IN DIFFERENT STAGES
ILLUSTRATING A METHOD OF STUDYING MASS DRAWING WITH THE BRUSH]

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PREFACE


Permit me in the first place to anticipate the disappointment of any
student who opens this book with the idea of finding "wrinkles" on how
to draw faces, trees, clouds, or what not, short cuts to excellence in
drawing, or any of the tricks so popular with the drawing masters of our
grandmothers and still dearly loved by a large number of people. No good

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