The Art of Sketching From Nature #261644

The Art Manuals of which this, on Sketch ing from Nature is. The first, have had a large and continued sale in England. Among the many different books on such subjects as these treat of, it is difficult to decide which is entitled to the preference but students of Art who are separated from'the ordinary means of getting information on its practical details, have always sought to gain hints and methods through works of this class. It has been wisely said, that any system of government was better than none, and these' words apply well to drawing and painting. Reg ular 'ways of work of almost any approved kind, are capable in practised hands of rendering the thoughts and feelings of an artist, which a med ley of methods cannot develop.