transcribed by Lala Ragimov, original spelling kept
An introduction to the general art of drawing.
A 1674 English translation of
a drawing treatise by Willem Goeree (1635-1711)
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CHAP.
V.
Of
the things which in the third Step, viz.
in Drawing after Plaister-Rounds, or Embossed Works, are necessary to
be observed
WHat
profit or benefit is gotten in Drawing after Plaister, or any round
embossed Figure, I have spoken of before in short; Now I shall speak
of some properties belonging to the same.
To
chuse a good light to draw after Plaister-Rounds.
For
the first you shall chuse a good place, and principally a good light,
for in the manner of the light is a great matter, in regard that here
you must seek for to obtain the most pleasant shades, therefore the
Room shall be big, having an high light, which is not to scattering
or flying away too much, coming of a Place Northward, very profitable
to shew the least Parts in a Figure very pleasantly;
Means
how to amend the light.
But
if the Room receives its light from the South then will it be
necessary to put a frame, covered with oiled paper in your windows,
and by this means you will make a constant even light in your
Chamber;
At
what height you shall chuse your light.
and
the height of your light must be such, that the shade (which your
Figure makes upon the ground) be equal, or a little less then the
height of your figure you have set to draw after.
Night-light.
You
also may conveniently draw in the Evening, by Candle-light, which
many do commend more then to draw by Day-light, because the shades
then appear more flat and even, and for this purpose is commonly used
a lamp well-provided with oil, and divers wicks; this Lamp is hung up
at a convenient height, and because that the light may not spread it
self
How
to use the same.
too
much, but remain constant, and with more force diffuse her light,
(and spread the same upon your Figure) it is customary to put oiled
paper, (through which the light cannot shine) behinde it. Note also,
that here no Candle is to be used, because that as the Candle burns
lower and lower, so also the shades will vary, which is not in the
use of a lamp to be feared. But in regard it is observed,
Night-light
giveth hard shades.
Remedy
that
the Drawing by night is subject to bring forth hard and sharp
shadows, by which means many make hard and Copper-like shining
heightenings and reflexions; for prevention then, you shall set a
frame strained over with fine oiled Paper betwixt the Model and the
light, then the shades will be soft and sweet: Nevertheless, the
day-light is to be commended before this, and therefore use the best,
because in the day-light there appeareth a simple evenness, and a
natural reflexion, you shall also set a white or grey paper behinde
the Model, that you may perceive any reflexion the better, and to
observe and distinguish the outcircumferent stroke in the shadows the
better.
What
distance to use in sitting.
Then
make use of a convenient distance, not too light for all; and set
your self down commonly from the Model (you intend to draw after)
three times as far as the Model is high, and that in such manner,
that your eyes as in a streight line may behold the Model;
To
observe how the parties the one under the other do appear.
take
then a Plum-line, and look by the same, what parts of your Model
appears unto you in that, or by that streight line of your
Plumb-line, and in what manner the one under the other comes to
appear, begin then to scetch your figure, observing all what has been
spoken before of drawing after Prints and Draughts. Now the further
finishing I shall shew you in the Continuation, fundamentally, and as
plainly as possible.
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