The Use of a Box of Colours

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The Use of a Box of Colours by Harry Willson.

Contents

• PRACTICAL TREATISE5
• COMPOSITION, LIGHT AND SHADE, AND COLOUR.6
• THE USE9
• OF A9
• BOX OF COLOURS,10
• IN A Practical Demonstration on10
• COMPOSITION, LIGHT AND SHADE, AND COLOUR.11
• HARRY WILLSON,12
• Entered at Stationers' Hall.12
• PREFACE.13
• CONTENTS.14
• COMPOSITION.15
• OF ANGULAR COMPOSITION.25
• OF THE CIRCULAR FORM IN COMPOSITION.28
• LIGHT AND SHADE.31
• ON COLOUR.51
• OF THE THREE PRIMITIVE COLOURS.54
• ON GENERAL NATURE.62
• ON RULES.68
• ON COPYING.70
• ON THE LIGHT AND SHADE OF COLOUR: AND REFLEXES.76
• HARMONY AND CONTRAST.86
• EFFECT, ACCIDENT, RELIEF, AND KEEPING.89
• DEXTERITY AND AFFECTATION.94
• OF BACKGROUNDS.97
• ON WATER-COLOUR.101
• OF TINTS.104
• REFERENCE TO THE PLATES ON COLOUR.105
• DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.108
• HARRY WILLSON'S GENERAL LANDSCAPE TINTS.116
• CHARLES SMITH'S, late SMITH & WARNER'S,118
• SUPERIOR IMPROVED MOIST WATER COLOURS,118
• C. SMITH'S WATER COLOURS, FINELY PREPARED IN CAKES.118
• C. SMITH'S PERMANENT MOIST WHITE,119
• WILLSON'S PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE TINTS.120
• WATER COLOUR, FITTED UP IN BOXES, ETC.120
• SUPERIOR HAIR PENCILS AND BRUSHES,121
• C. SMITH'S INDELIBLE COLOURED INKS,122
• C. SMITH'S PURE CUMBERLAND LEAD PENCILS,122
• SOLID SKETCH BOOKS.123
• WOVE AND CARTRIDGE DRAWING PAPERS.123
• HARDING'S NEW DRAWING PAPER,124
• C. SMITH'S MATERIALS FOR SKETCHING IN WATER COLOURS.124
• C. SMITH'S SUPERIOR NEW DRAWING BOARDS,125
• C. SMITH'S MATERIALS FOR SKETCHING AND PAINTING IN OIL COLOURS.125
• NEW CAMERA OBSCURAS.126
• MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS.126
• C. SMITH'S NEW INVENTED WATER-COLOUR CREAM.127
• SHADE'S DRAWING AND PERSPECTIVE MODELS.129
• Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.129
• J. D. HARDING'S WORKS,130
• PUBLISHED BY TILT AND BOGUE.130
• NEW AND POPULAR DRAWING-BOOKS,132
• PUBLISHED BY TILT AND BOGUE.132
• Transcriber's Notes:133
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE135

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