| Semantics of Line Drawings |
| Jocelyn Ireson-Paine |
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The same textures can vary greatly in style
We recognise that "Phiz"'s drawing below shows rocks, even
though they are much more lightly shaded than
in the drawing a few slides ago of coal.
"This sketch of rocks is drawn in the letter a little
larger size than here reproduced. The accumulation
of heavy masses of rocks is drawn with a boldness
and accuracy which has few parallels in similar
or even in more carefully executed work. In it there
is no fuss; it is only a simple illustration from
a father to a son of something which has struck
the artist. He describes the rocks as looking like
books that have been tumbled out, and did not
resist the temptation to give his recollections
of them, his hasty pen having, in a few lines,
rendered his idea of the forms which had
impressed him."
From David Croal Thomson,
Life and Labours of Hablôt Knight Browne "Phiz",
1884 (limited edition, 110 of 200). Drawn by "Phiz".
