Free-Hand Drawing, Light And Shade And Free-Hand Perspective: For The Use Of Art Students And Teachers

The notes on Model Drawing, forming the body of this
book, were prepared for the use of the students of the
Massachusetts Normal Art School. They were printed
with out illustrations, as explanations of the drawings
given in the course of lectures on this subject, and will be
of little assistance to those not taking the lectures. Having
been requested for the book by persons not students of
the school, and realizing that drawing is often poorly
taught, especially in our public schools, and being unable
to recommend a book which treats the subject simply
and presents artistic methods of work, I concluded to
rewrite the notes, adapting them to general use, and
meeting, as far as possible, the demand for a text-book
on the principles of free-hand drawing.