The Elements of Drawingin 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.
The Law of Harmony..
The Law of Consistency.
The Law of Interchange.
The Law of Contrast.
The Law of Radiation.
The Law of Curvature.
The Law of Continuity.
The Law of Repetition.
The Law of Principality.
On Colour and Composition.
Sketching from Nature.
Exercise X.
Exercise IX.
Exercise VIII.
Exercise VII.
Exercise VI.
Exercise V.
Exercise IV.
Exercise III.
Exercise II.
Exercise I.
On First Practice.
Table of Contents Preface.
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.
The Elements of Drawingin 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
