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The Use of a Box of Colours

The Use of a Box of Colours

by active 19th century Harry Willson

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Author
Willson, Harry, active 19th century
Title
The Use of a Box of Colours, in a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour.
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
ND: Fine Arts: Painting
Subject
Watercolor painting
Category
Text
eBook-No.
32681
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32681
Release Date
June 4, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A
  2. 2.AND COLOUR.
  3. 3.COMPOSITION, LIGHT AND SHADE, AND COLOUR. — BY
  4. 4.HARRY WILLSON, — Entered at Stationers' Hall.
  5. 5.PREFACE.
  6. 6.CONTENTS.
  7. 7.COMPOSITION. — OF ANGULAR COMPOSITION. — OF THE CIRCULAR FORM IN COMPOSITION.
  8. 8.LIGHT AND SHADE.
  9. 9.ON COLOUR.
  10. 10.OF THE THREE PRIMITIVE COLOURS.
  11. 11.ON GENERAL NATURE.
  12. 12.ON RULES.
  13. 13.ON COPYING.
  14. 14.ON THE LIGHT AND SHADE OF COLOUR: AND REFLEXES.
  15. 15.HARMONY AND CONTRAST.
  16. 16.EFFECT, ACCIDENT, RELIEF, AND KEEPING.
  17. 17.DEXTERITY AND AFFECTATION.
  18. 18.OF BACKGROUNDS.
  19. 19.ON WATER-COLOUR.
  20. 20.OF TINTS. — REFERENCE TO THE PLATES ON COLOUR.
  21. 21.DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
  22. 22.HARRY WILLSON'S GENERAL LANDSCAPE TINTS.
  23. 23.CHARLES SMITH'S, late SMITH & WARNER'S, — SUPERIOR IMPROVED MOIST WATER COLOURS, — C. SMITH'S WATER COLOURS, FINELY PREPARED IN CAKES. — C. SMITH'S PERMANENT MOIST WHITE, — WILLSON'S PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE TINTS. — WATER COLOUR, FITTED UP IN BOXES, ETC. — SUPERIOR HAIR PENCILS AND BRUSHES, — C. SMITH'S INDELIBLE COLOURED INKS, — C. SMITH'S PURE CUMBERLAND LEAD PENCILS, — SOLID SKETCH BOOKS. — WOVE AND CARTRIDGE DRAWING PAPERS. — HARDING'S NEW DRAWING PAPER, — C. SMITH'S MATERIALS FOR SKETCHING IN WATER COLOURS. — C. SMITH'S SUPERIOR NEW DRAWING BOARDS, — C. SMITH'S MATERIALS FOR SKETCHING AND PAINTING IN OIL COLOURS. — NEW CAMERA OBSCURAS. — MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS. — C. SMITH'S NEW INVENTED WATER-COLOUR CREAM. — SHADE'S DRAWING AND PERSPECTIVE MODELS. — Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.
  24. 24.J. D. HARDING'S WORKS, — PUBLISHED BY TILT AND BOGUE.
  25. 25.NEW AND POPULAR DRAWING-BOOKS, — PUBLISHED BY TILT AND BOGUE. — Transcriber's Notes:

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