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Title: The Elements of Drawing
In Three Letters to Beginners

Author: John Ruskin

Release Date: October 24, 2009 [eBook #30325]

Language: English

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Library Edition

THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF
JOHN RUSKIN

ELEMENTS OF DRAWING AND
PERSPECTIVE
THE TWO PATHS
UNTO THIS LAST
MUNERA PULVERIS
SESAME AND LILIES
ETHICS OF THE DUST

National Library Association
New York Chicago

THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING

IN THREE LETTERS TO BEGINNERS.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

PREFACE ix

LETTER I.
ON FIRST PRACTICE 1

LETTER II.
SKETCHING FROM NATURE 65

LETTER III.
ON COLOR AND COMPOSITION 106

APPENDIX I.
ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES 183

APPENDIX II.
THINGS TO BE STUDIED 188

["The Elements of Drawing" was written during the winter of 1856. The
First Edition was published in 1857; the Second followed in the same
year, with some additions and slight alterations. The Third Edition
consisted of sixth thousand, 1859; seventh thousand, 1860; and eighth
thousand, 1861.

The work was