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COLOUR.
Entered at Stationers' Hall.
[Illustration: SUNSET]
COLOUR AS A MEANS OF ART:
BEING AN ADAPTATION OF THE EXPERIENCE OF
PROFESSORS TO THE PRACTICE OF AMATEURS.
BY FRANK HOWARD,
AUTHOR OF "THE SKETCHER'S MANUAL,"
"THE SPIRIT OF SHAKSPEARE," &c.
LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
MDCCCXLIX.
Dedication
TO
SIR AUGUSTUS WALL CALLCOTT, R.A.
&c. &c. &c.
DEAR SIR,
The endeavour of the present work is to fix and develope, for
the benefit of the Amateur and the Student, some of the
acknowledged general principles of Colouring as a means of Art,
without reference to the purposes to which such Art shall be
applied,--without reference to poetical expression or character,
or to the imitation of the details of Nature, which are
requisite for the production of great works.
And I have much pleasure in being permitted to dedicate it to
you, who have so recently shown that the capability to execute
in the higher walks of Art does not depend, as is erroneously
supposed, upon mechanical skill attained by constant practice
and devotion to one class of subjects; but upon intellectual
qualifications and mental refinement, which has ever been
conspicuous in your treatment of the subjects generally adorned
by your pencil.
I have the honour to remain,
Your obedient Servant,
Frank Howard.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
PREFACE V
INTRODUCTION 17
CHAPTER I.
COLOURING AS A MEANS OF ART 25
_Section 1._--HARMONY 27
_Section 2._--TONE 31