HE ART OF
DRAWING AND COLOURING
FROM NATURE,
FLOWERS, FRUIT AND SHELLS
FOR
PAINTING ON
VELVET
ALSO,
THE NEW METHOD OF ORIENTAL
TINTING
BY NATHANIEL WHITTOCK, ESQ.
This book of instruction was originally printed in London in 1829. Alice D. Smith has captured every bit of it in this HSEAD hardcover reprint. The "colour" prints in the original are reproduced in full page size in black and white; but most of them are shown in their original brilliance in the set of 4 x 6 color photos that accompany the book.
Twenty illustrated lessons cover the painting of a wide variety of flowers, as well as fruits (4 lessons), and concluding with shells (2 lessons). This is followed by the sections on Oriental Tinting, Velvet Painting, and the painting of a group of fruit and a group of flowers.
- Flowers include: Fuchsia, Jasmine, Tulip, Leaves, China-Aster, Honeysuckle, Moss Rose Buds, Major Convolvulus, Apple Blossom, Passion Flower, Hyacinth, Auricula, Anemones, Full-blown Moss Rose
-
Fruits
include: Plums, Peaches, Currants, Grapes - Shells include: Group of two shells, group of Three Shells
A must-have for theorem and other painters! Reproduced in hardcover by HSEAD.
An original edition of The Art of Drawing and Colouring From Nature, Flowers, Fruit, and Shells; To Which is Added, Correct Directions for Preparing the Most Brilliant Colours for Painting on Velvet With the Mode of Using Them; Also the New Method of Oriental Tinting by Nathaniel Whittock, Esq., is owned by the Historical Society of Early American Decoration.
Prepared for reprint by Alice D. Smith, Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, Curator of Education, Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1992.
All proceeds from the sale of the book are received by The Historical Society of Early American Decoration, Inc.
The Art of
Drawing, by Nathaniel Whittock, 1829
Reprinted by The Historical Society of Early American
Decoration, 1992.
Hardcover, appr. 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 127 pages
Book and photo packet
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