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Page 35
The effect of this top lighting is to lighten the tone of the upper parts , while the
lower surfaces , which are in shade , appear to be darkened . It is owing to the
unequal reflection of light from its different surfaces that a solid object of uniform ...
The effect of this top lighting is to lighten the tone of the upper parts , while the
lower surfaces , which are in shade , appear to be darkened . It is owing to the
unequal reflection of light from its different surfaces that a solid object of uniform ...
Page 36
But with brush and paint it would be an easy matter for an artist to lighten the
undersurfaces and to darken the back with graded tints so as exactly to
counteract the effect of shade and light . This treatment by countershading , if
properly carried ...
But with brush and paint it would be an easy matter for an artist to lighten the
undersurfaces and to darken the back with graded tints so as exactly to
counteract the effect of shade and light . This treatment by countershading , if
properly carried ...
Page 321
Being the complementary colour to the greens of the forest , and situated as it is
on parts of the body already in shade , the colour serves to deepen and intensify
that shade , thus producing the optical effect of a very dark clear - cut mass of ...
Being the complementary colour to the greens of the forest , and situated as it is
on parts of the body already in shade , the colour serves to deepen and intensify
that shade , thus producing the optical effect of a very dark clear - cut mass of ...
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