Excerpt from A Guide to Figure Painting in Water-Colours: With Illustrations and Brushwork<br><br>That it 1s difficult to convey by writing, instructions in any art, is generally acknowledged; and the difliculty is increased when, as in the present case, extreme brevity and conciseness are essential. NO book, however explicit its directions, can fill the place of a master; but many persons desire to test their capabilities and make some advance before entering into engagements with a teacher, and to others who are receiving lessons a manual is often useful for reference during the absence of the master. To such students these pages are offered; and that they may in some measure contribute to render more general the cultivation of an art that has so many attractions.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.