| 单词 | water-colour |
| 例句 | I promised to contribute a water-colour drawing: this put her at once into good humour. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Weirdly, it looks more like a pallid ink drawing or a water-colour than a photograph. Wolfgang Tillmans: Everything and nothing 2010-06-23T20:30:00Z For water-colour sketches I had a certain aptitude, and painting remains one of my hobbies, taking only second place to my enthusiasm for golf. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z In 1856 he exhibited A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai, which Mr. Ruskin called "the climax of water-colour drawing." English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Dole lost a pair of very beautiful water-colour drawings of Canadian scenery, by D. Gale, and three or four excellent engravings. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z This substance, carefully prepared in a special manner and ground to a fine powder, forms the well known water-colour pigment called smalt. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z He did not, however, abandon his artistic practice, for, encouraged by Ruskin, he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854, and thenceforward regularly contributed landscapes in oil and water-colour to the London and provincial exhibitions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z At Bristol they made a pause, and Danby, finding he could get trifling sums for water-colour drawings, remained there working diligently and sending to the London exhibitions pictures of importance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z In the South Kensington Museum there are two of Lewis's water-colour drawings, The Halt in the Desert and Peasants of the Black Forest, and a few of his studies from nature. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Sienna, si-en′a, n. a fine orange-red pigment used in oil and water-colour painting. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Macallister took out a sketch in water-colour and held it up. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Considered technically, his works exhibit all the resources of the water-colour painter’s craft, from the purest transparent tinting to the boldest use of body-colour, rough paper and scraping for texture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z That nobleman was a kind of Sir Thomas Urquhart in water-colour, and his single combats are surrounded with a proportionately milder glow of romance. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z Meanwhile, the other members, in 1814, opened an exhibition in New Bond Street, and invited contributions from British water-colour artists who belonged to no other society. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z On the mantelshelf stand statuettes of Goethe and Schiller, remembrances of Weimar; the walls are hung with water-colour sketches by Mdme. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z By the way, have you finished that little water-colour of the mill yet? Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Hunt was one of the creators of the English school of water-colour painting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z She was a good musician, and a really excellent amateur artist—her water-colour drawings charming. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Havell was one of those who aided to carry water-colour painting beyond mere topography, and in later works he adopted the "sunny method" of Turner. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z The walls are hung with water-colour paintings of scenes in Egypt, by Mr. Kennard, and the whole room looks cosy and comfortable in the slow of warm firelight and coloured lamp-shades. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Gouache, gwash, n. a method of water-colour painting with opaque colours, mixed with water, honey, and gum, presenting a dead surface: work painted according to this method. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z This it is that constitutes the difference between the very best photograph or chromo-lithograph and a rough artistic study or water-colour sketch. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z He was in the main a water-colour painter and a lithographer, but he produced various oil-paintings both at the beginning and towards the end of his career. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Harding gained the silver medal of the Society of Arts for a water-colour drawing, and became very popular as a drawing-master. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z "But there is a servant who devotes himself to water-colour painting every afternoon." Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z There was a water-colour drawing upon the parlour wall of a ruined castle with a tower that had been rent from battlement to base, and appeared in the act of falling. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z I Army Reform Scene.—The drawing-room of the Colonel's quarters, decorated with trophies from many lands and water-colour sketches. Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z We have seen a fine water-colour sketch which renders this view with great fidelity. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z Harding is described as the first water-colour artist who used, to any extent, body-colour mixed with transparent tints. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z He painted in water-colour and oil with great beauty and fidelity; the green lane, the wild flower hanging from an old wall, were his subjects. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z The dainty water-colour paintings executed by Birket Foster probably appeal to the majority of the British public more than the work of any other artist. Birket Foster, R.W.S. Sixteen examples in colour of the artist's work 2011-10-13T02:00:42.493Z The boat, as depicted in Turner’s water-colour drawing of her, was taken when she was afloat and unmanned; her crew were painted in her afterwards; consequently she rides too high out of the water. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The latter made happy the last few years of his life by a commission to engrave a set of plates after water-colour drawings, already executed, illustrating the Book of Job. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Gainsborough said "he was the first water-colour painter who carried his intention through." English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z The oil-paintings and water-colour drawings that were hung there, in the summer of 1834, appear to have formed a fine and varied collection. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z With regard to his method of working, Birket Foster's early training for drawing on wood-blocks considerably influenced his water-colour work, which was very dissimilar to the "wash" methods of the early school of water-colour painters. Birket Foster, R.W.S. Sixteen examples in colour of the artist's work 2011-10-13T02:00:42.493Z Sabatier makes him seem the kind of person who takes sugar in his tea, paints in water-colour and likes The Roadmender. Henry James 2011-09-05T02:00:22.877Z Then there is a highly-finished water-colour of an allegory—numbered 44—to be studied. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z He was more successful as a water-colour artist than a painter in oils. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Werner handed him their parting-gift: a water-colour painting of the Courts of Justice, and an album with the photographs of all connected with them. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z The schoolgirl, studying water-colour drawing, prefers to work from a "copy," showing some other person's painting of a vase of flowers, rather than have her own vase filled with real flowers before her. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z Mr. Arthur Symons reminds us that Rossetti’s first water-colour was an illustration of this poem, and has for subject and title the line “Which is the poison to poison her, prithee?” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I must notice a very fine and highly-finished water-colour, called “The Judgment of Paris.” William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z This society gave new and increased vigour to water-colour art, and a second body, the Associated Artists in Water Colours, was formed in 1808. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z So she tripped upstairs to her boudoir, a little room given over to herself in which to do her water-colour painting, her reading, to practise her music. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z For Lilian was an adept in the art of water-colour drawing, and had already portrayed much of the wild bush scenery in the neighbourhood, which had never before been reduced to paper. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z She turned from the window and looked straight——not at Captain Ross, that she couldn't do! but at a water-colour drawing of Carnarvon Castle on the wall. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z A large and very important water-colour drawing is called the “Lazar House,” from Milton. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z His water-colour drawings are well represented in the National Gallery. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z It was thatched, and on that account beloved by elderly spinsters who drew in water-colour, and frowned upon by sanitary inspectors. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z A small water-colour of an Alpine flower touched him so closely that it might have blossomed from his recollection. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Cobalt is a word sometimes used, but more often misused, for only water-colour painters know just what it represents, and it is of little use, as it so rarely occurs among flowers. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z It will at once be seen that, in the engraving the management of the light is more satisfactory, because it is comprehensible, than in the water-colour; while the cloud-forms are less conventional and rounder. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z In spite of the marked progress of water-colour painting, there was as yet no adequate accommodation for the exhibition of drawings produced in that mode. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z There was a little water-colour of Lady Sarah in her youth, with a dislocated arm and a harp, that George and Dolly had often laughed over together. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z In addition to his own collection, he left many water-colour drawings by Bright, Thirtle, Cox, and others, some of them of considerable value. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Leighton painted a small and exquisite water-colour on ivory of the picture, which was sold at Christie's after his death. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z “The River of Life,” a water-colour picture, reminded me in its transparence and delicate brilliance of Blake’s earlier printed books. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z The general public still believed in the superiority of oil painting, and worshipped a big, indifferent picture in that mode, whilst they allowed gems of art to hang unnoticed in the water-colour room. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z When I came later to the Café, Rafaello told me how a most accomplished young Englishman, who spoke every language, had seen my water-colour, and all he had said about it. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z He came presently over to the tea-table, and was about to sit down when another picture caught his eye—the water-colour of the little child among the poppies and corn. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The colours are all ground up in it, and then painting is done as in water-colour, using pure spirits of turpentine as a vehicle. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z Job’s wife has been put into tone, whereas in the water-colour, the visible side of her, which ought to have been in dense shadow, was in full light. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z The National Gallery contains more than one hundred of his pictures, besides a large number of water-colour drawings and sketches. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Directly facing her, and in the place of honour, was a water-colour representing a landscape with a peep of the sea beyond. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z Poppy's writing-table was in one window, and on the wall where she could always see it while at work was a water-colour of a little boy standing in a field of corn and poppies. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Varley, water-colour painter and astrologer, it was," says Gilchrist, "who encouraged Blake to take authentic sketches of certain among his most frequent spiritual visitants. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z First let us look at the water-colour numbered 43, entitled “David delivered out of Deep Waters.” William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z The art of water-colour painting was practised by the early Italian and German artists, and by those of the Flemish and Dutch schools. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z This was the method of the early water-colour painters in England. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Emerald Green, a vivid light-green pigment, an aceto-arsenite of copper, used both in oil and water-colour painting. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z A half-finished water-colour on an easel, done by no common hand, was at one side of the window, and in a deep chair, as though left hurriedly there, was a guitar. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Blake made no less than five hundred and thirty-seven water-colour drawings for this poem, but only forty-three designs were eventually selected for publication, and these were reproduced as uncoloured engravings. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Such were "the tinted," or "steyned" drawings in which our modern water-colour paintings originated. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Then she placed a dab of water-colour in each of seven bowls, leaving one natural water. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z Meanwhile his mother formed the design of leaving to her children a perfect series of large finished water-colour drawings, representing all the different parts of Hurstmonceaux Castle, interior as well as exterior, before its destruction. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Specimens of his work are to be seen in the water-colour gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum, of dates ranging from 1829 to 1850. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Pure water-colour, sometimes delicately outlined with the pen, was Blake’s fourth mode of working, and the exhibition had a goodly array of this class of work. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Only, be generous; we will begin the portrait to-morrow, give me an hour for myself to-day: I want to make a water-colour sketch of you. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z During my stay I made a water-colour painting of the great hall, which was hung with rich red hangings and a fine old Elizabethan curtain. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z Forty drawings in water-colour and sepia have been added, including a portrait of Tom Paine by Collins. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z He took to water-colour painting, and to this he confined himself almost exclusively. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Undated Turning to his water-colour sketches in the Print Room, I consider the finest to be a very portrait-like head of an old man. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Presentation copy "From the Author," with five water-colour drawings. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z Waldemar had taken up an album of water-colour sketches which lay on the table, and was turning over the pages, while the Princess leaned back among the sofa cushions. Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.173Z A portfolio containing the twenty-four original water-colour drawings by Dighton, with the engravings published by Bowles; also original water-colour drawings of Franklin and his press, and two engraved portraits. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z He raised them by chance to a water-colour by that master of decorative art, Spindler, hanging on the wall, and which represented three beautiful Alsatian girls amusing themselves swinging. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z Master as he was of linear design, he was too neglectful of tonic values to interpret with any delicacy the effects of landscape in water-colour or engraving. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Inserted are the original water-colour drawings for the engravings, also three unpublished drawings by Shelley. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z The latter are in part reproductions of water-colour studies of flowers and fruits, and partly from photographs by a new method. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z In spite of this, it is a noble-looking structure, as can be seen by looking at the water-colour of Mr. Collins. Cathedral Cities of England These patrons purchased at munificent prices either direct from the easel or from the exhibitions not only pictures in oils but also water-colour drawings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" It appears that Blake’s lifelong friend, Mr. Butts, bought from him a series of twenty-one water-colour drawings or “Inventions” from the Book of Job. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z The walls were of smooth match-boarding, and a few gay water-colour sketches and old portraits in little oval brass frames were tacked upon them. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests As previously stated, Browne was extremely fond of water-colour drawing, and executed some thousands during his life; not unfrequently a day's work would be represented by three or four of these productions. 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne), a Memoir. It was afterwards discovered that the artist had executed original designs in water-colour for the whole series, and these drawings, 537 in number, form one of the most interesting records of Blake’s genius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" One of the features of the sales of the ’seventies was the high appreciation of water-colour drawings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" A water-colour in washes of Indian ink of very similar composition is in existence, and was on exhibition at Ryder Street in 1904. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z There was a portrait taken by Mrs. Stevenson in 1885, and one lent by Virgil Williams; another, a water-colour, lent by Miss O’Hara; and a wonderful study of his wonderful hands. Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work The artistic decorations, the chintz hangings, the water-colour paintings of Italian scenes, all helped to give an æsthetic effect to the room, and to make a very pleasant whole. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days And I almost quarrelled with my father when he made a large water-colour, one of his finest pictures and now lost, of a consumptive beggar girl. Reveries over Childhood and Youth In the posters and Studio lithograph, however, the crude colour is highly effective, and "Mademoiselle de Maupin" shewed he might have mastered water-colour had he chosen to do so. Aubrey Beardsley Blake doggedly continued to work at his own “Canterbury Pilgrimage,” which he wrought in a water-colour medium which he arbitrarily termed “fresco.” William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z I had asked and obtained permission to make a water-colour drawing of that study, whilst all yet stood as the master had left it. Fragments of an Autobiography She looked through the wide high windows and saw out over a country painted as in a delicate water-colour—The softest green and dark brown lay beneath a pale blue sky, very still, very gentle. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary Occupying a prominent position in the centre was a large water-colour, and as Browne glanced at it his heart gave a leap in his breast. The Red Rat's Daughter Her lovely grimace, the light of the previous hours, was as blurred as a bit of brushwork in water-colour spoiled by the upsetting of the artist's glass. The Sacred Fount There were water-colour sketches on the walls—and framed photographic portraits placed about on easels. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising I sought out a place from which I could make a water-colour sketch, and, as I sat painting, my thoughts reverted with reverence and with love to the master and to the friend. Fragments of an Autobiography He beheld what appeared at first sight to be a water-colour painting, the subject a Southern garden, wherein a marble balustrade was overhung by an orange tree in fruit. Lady Cassandra They were rendered in a medium of her own invention, a combination of pencil, paint, and crayon, which gave the soft effect of a pastel with the permanence of a water-colour. The Head Girl at the Gables I have taken up my drawing again, and there are delightful little bits for water-colour all round here.” A Frontier Mystery She was putting some finishing touches to a water-colour drawing. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Shortly after his death I painted a water-colour of his study in De Vere Gardens. Fragments of an Autobiography The drawing under discussion was a water-colour sketch of the house and its immediate surroundings. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Margaret was packing to go away, and the room was strewn with canvases, water-colour boards, paints, and other impedimenta. The Head Girl at the Gables One or two pictures brightened it, landscapes in water-colour that had been bought by the Warden long ago for his rooms when he was a college tutor. The New Warden Engraved on wood by Mr. J. D. Cooper, from a water-colour drawing by Samuel Prout. The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. He was a fine draughtsman, and a remarkable painter both in oil and water-colour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" There seemed, to her particular bent, so many more possibilities in oils than in water-colour. Loyal to the School It is a thousand pities you hung up—just in that unlucky spot—Grecian Williams's Thebes—for now one of the finest water-colour paintings in the world is not worth six-and-eightpence. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) If he is wise he does this side by side with his water-colour sketch, making each help the other, and thinking in glass; even perhaps making his water-colour sketch afterwards from the glass. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass On the walls, hung with a faded paper of roses, were water-colour drawings, crayon portraits, some fine line engravings of well-known pictures, a few photographs in Oxford frames. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons This idealist temper helps to explain the deliberate avoidance of all emphasis on appearances of material solidity by means of chiaroscuro, &c., and the exclusive use of the light medium of water-colour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" One day, late in March, she walked briskly upstairs with her water-colour box. Loyal to the School "I believe, if I'd been taught, that I could have done something in that line," and he pointed with his saucer towards a water-colour, a drawing of the Golden Gate from Russian Hill. Aliens Meadows was an admirable water-colour artist, and a scarce edition of this work contains some engravings of Shakespearian heroines after his designs. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. I have known her for many years, when she was Nellie Barnard, and I do not believe there is any artist living who can paint children in water-colour in the manner she does. My Impressions of America I know a fellow in a bank who makes capital water-colour sketches; he even sold one for seven-and-six.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) He drew in water-colour; not so badly as his father, yet ill enough; and this art was so rare aboard the Conqueror that even his humble proficiency marked him out and procured him some alleviations. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 I have a water-colour of her, sitting outside her door, with the Royal Arms and Georgius Rex just showing over her cap, and a fat tabby cat asleep on the threshold. Aliens They took the public by surprise, for few at least of the outer world suspected that this shy, retiring illustrator of books was a persevering and accomplished water-colour artist. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. The treasury also contains some curious rococo painted vestments, apparently in water-colour on silk. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The walls were hung with fine engravings, with here and there a brilliant little water-colour of the school of Corot; a few marble and bronze statuettes were scattered about on the mantelpiece and on brackets. Berenice Men who fish, botanise, work with the turning-lathe, or gather sea-weeds, will make admirable husbands; and a little amateur painting in water-colour shows the innocent and quiet mind. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) We know nothing of the sons, but Miss Annie early developed great taste in water-colour painting; and among her early productions was a miniature of a near relative of the present writer, done in 1855. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time He occasionally alternated his work with water-colour drawing, in which he is said to have greatly excelled. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. I stop sometimes on a landing in an old house, where I often stay, to look at a dusky, faded water-colour that hangs upon the wall. The Thread of Gold But obviously they were some preparation for the development which followed, when, soon afterwards and almost at once, he passed from water-colour miniature to life-size portraiture in oil paint. Raeburn It was a clever sketch in water-colour by a modern artist, and the draughtsmanship was superb. East of the Shadows She is going to the West Indies with an artist friend, and they are going to make a marvellous collection of water-colour paintings of birds and flowers, a sort of memorial to the boy. The Gorgeous Girl In separate columns on the page folded outermost two items were encircled with rings of crimson water-colour. Nobody Like Sandby, he worked also in water-colour, and two of his sketches in this medium are mentioned by Bryan as in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Eighteenth Century in English Caricature In the eighteenth century there was a perfect mania among the smaller fry for making topographical drawings, in pencil or water-colour, views of some town or mountain or castle. Six Centuries of Painting "My wife; she died in Simla twenty years ago," said Challoner gravely, and passing on, stopped before a water-colour drawing of his son. Blake's Burden The work has the delicacy of a water-colour and the strength of oils. Holbein But he tried water-colour painting after the manner of any other amateur. The Rainbow By using egg, one may paint upon ordinary prepared canvas as easily as with oils, which is impossible with water-colour. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome These consisted of several volumes containing photographs, others full of sketches in pencil and water-colour, and a thick roll of glazed linen scrolls covered with designs in India ink. The Dark Star She led him up to several small impressionist sketches in water-colour of Indian subjects, and stopped in admiration. Blake's Burden Finally, he went over the whole work, shading it with a liquid water-colour like water tinted with black. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto Chenille seems to have been used instead of smooth silk, much as in certain old-fashioned water-colour paintings gum was used with the paint, or over it, to deepen the shadows. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery It is then used like water in water-colour work, but is called 'tempera' or 'distemper.' Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome The "original Designs," water-colour drawings, were presented by Lord Byron to the third Lord Holland, and are now in the possession of the Earl of Ilchester. The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry An oil painter of great power, he is one of the leading German water-colour painters, mainly of marines and scenes of fishing life, painted with rude vigour and a great display of technical skill. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" From the envelope he took a water-colour drawing representing a pair of long-legged ungainly colts standing snuggled up to their mother under a wild briar hedge. The Orchard of Tears The dainty water-colour by Mr. Charles Robinson, and the charming drawing in line by M. Boutet de Monvel, call for no comment. Children's Books and Their Illustrators How irrelevant seem Monsieur Barres' water-colour sketches of prancing Moors and learned Jews and picturesque Visi-Goths, as soon as one gets a direct glimpse into these unique perversions! Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions This man drew very well and in abundance, and in our book are many of his drawings of figures, both draped and nude, and scenes done in water-colour. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna If, however, you have no opportunity of seeing how water-colour is laid on by a workman of any kind, the following directions will help you:— The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing There were several unframed drawings in pastel and water-colour, of birds and animals, upon the walls, and above the little mantelshelf hung a gleaming German helmet, surmounted by a golden eagle. The Orchard of Tears The fore-edge may be fanned out and painted in any device in water-colour and afterwards gilded; the painting will only show when the book is open. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Do you think it is anything after all but a kind of pallid, unreal, water-colour exhibition, a row of blurs of faintly coloured portraits of yourself, spread on space? The Lost Art of Reading Kitty opened her treasure-house of mementos with a giggle, for on the first page was a water-colour sketch of Gay as she had appeared on the welcoming night. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation All noble effects of dark atmosphere are got in good water-colour drawing by these two expedients, interlacing the colours, or retouching the lower one with fine darker drawing in an upper. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Many delightful sketches and water-colour drawings ornamented the walls and a delicate pastel study of Dovelands Cottage hung above the famous clock on the mantelpiece. The Orchard of Tears The paints used must be simple water-colour, and the edge must not be touched with the hand before gilding, as if there is any grease or finger-mark on it, the gold will not stick evenly. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians It was a beautiful water-colour, a Venetian scene, and Patty was delighted with it. Patty's Success She intended to have the water-colour sketch of Squaw's Peak framed to take back to school with her. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation Rossetti's carelessness, to do him justice, is only in water-colour, never in oil. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing The letter to Mr. Cattermole is an acknowledgment also of a completed commission of two water-colour drawings, from the subjects of two of Mr. Cattermole's illustrations to "The Old Curiosity Shop." The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 Nothing in Turner's finest water-colour drawings, done in his greatest day, is so ethereal, so imaginative, so gorgeous in colour, as what I then beheld. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Above these, again, were hung a number of exquisite pictures in water-colour. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure A roll-topped desk occupied a corner near the fireplace, and round the bulkheads, affixed to white enamelled battens, hung water-colour paintings of his ships. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Her water-colour drawings done under his tuition gave proof of a wonderful eye for colour, and displayed a marked tendency to style. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti We can all feel the charm of the broad brush washes and emphatic brush touches of a master of water-colour landscape such as De Wint. Line and Form (1900) From an original water-colour drawing, executed for this Work, by S. L. Fildes. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete We make it a rule to send out a chair whenever some unknown invader walks into the garden and prepares to make a water-colour sketch of the view. From a Cornish Window A New Edition I informed her, Agnes, that you had given up water-colour and meant to try oils, and she told me to implore you not to, because "water-colour is so much more lady-like than oils." Robert Elsmere Did I not make historical his enchanting encounter with Mr. Herkomer's water-colour drawing of Mr. Ruskin at the Grosvenor, which he described as the 'first oil portrait we have of the great master'? The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Sometimes in their hours of leisure they further made essays in water-colour and pastel. Renée Mauperin She got up and looked at a water-colour over the low mantelpiece. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy The boy's first attempts were water-colour landscapes, his very straitened finances not allowing him to use oils. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 So saying and extracting from his portfolio some finished designs in water-colour, the artist handed them to the printseller. The Gods are Athirst Miss Laura had begged them to give her no gift, and hers to each of them was only a little water-colour sketch with “Love is the joy of service,” beautifully lettered, beneath it. The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story He was really a serious painter—a water-colour artist of strong aim and considerable accomplishment. The History of "Punch" Beside that there was a water-colour, a study of the most elegant tulips, painted from a real bed. A Little Girl of Long Ago For this occasion, Poussin executed six water-colour pictures, representing the principal events in the lives of these two personages. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 On the back of this drawing is the beginning of a water-colour sketch. The Samuel Butler Collection at Saint John's College Cambridge She drew from the envelope a birthday card in water-colour with Laura’s initials in one corner. The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story After contributing for a time to other illustrated papers, the artist made himself proudly independent of black-and-white by becoming a successful designer of show-cards in water-colour for commercial houses. The History of "Punch" This was the water-colour morning; and the teacher, a veteran of many exhibitions, of a venerable and jovial aspect, had turned up with his usual punctuality. Chance A Tale in Two Parts To our own eyes, in this respect, he stands indebted to the engraver; for we do not remember a single sea-piece by Turner, in water-colour or oil, in which the water is liquid. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. One tin case holding pencils and brushes for water-colour sketching. The Samuel Butler Collection at Saint John's College Cambridge And if he didn't use all his stock of paints, water-colour, and oils before he left I'd be surprised. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah But as an artist he was lazy, preferring to make occasional nice little water-colour drawings than to work hard and continuously at black-and-white. The History of "Punch" You say that their brain is not strong enough to second their manual advantage, but that they can "knock off" a pretty water-colour or oil study of flowers, or a graphic caricature! The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 Dearest Mary,—I am sending you a little Christmas card, in the shape of a water-colour drawing with a calendar attached, which can be removed each year. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 5, 1916 As it has already been stated, he was the pioneer in exalting water-colour painting to a fine art. Masters of Water-Colour Painting On the walls hung numbers of beautiful water-colour sketches; there was a piano, two little love birds in a cage, some old carved furniture, and numbers of pretty foreign curiosities. 'Me and Nobbles' He was the son of an eccentric old water-colour painter, well known in his day, and has been identified as the scene-painter whom Landells introduced later to the "Illustrated London News." The History of "Punch" He was, as you probably know, one of the most promising water-colour painters of the younger school, and his pictures in this year's Academy met with universal praise. A Master of Mysteries The first place among these varieties is held by landscapes, genre, and portraits, whether in oil, water-colour, or pastel. Bulgaria It was a large sketch, sixteen inches by twelve, in water-colour, and had some little finish. The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) These are accompanied by costly engravings of landscapes, rare portraits, maps, elegantly coloured plates of costumes, and water-colour drawings, executed by some of the best artists of the day. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author He never found her playing the piano, or painting water-colour pictures as did so many of the women ha visited. Afterwards The drawing was by this time all pencilled in most elaborately, and the middy opened the water-colour box to examine the paints. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story The author was an artist as well as a writer of merit, and exhibited water-colour drawings at the Royal Scottish Academy. Six Months at the Cape That was very true, but the amateur in water-colour was also a mild kind of good being. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) There are in this work a vast number of illustrations, in addition to a very numerous collection of water-colour drawings. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Dip a brush, such as is used for water-colour drawing, into hot water, rub it on the soap, and gently brush the inside of the ear. Papers on Health At first he imagined that the water was meant for his refreshment, but on examining the materials on the ottoman he found a box of water-colour paints, which accounted for its being sent. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Edwin opened a rather large wooden water-colour box. Clayhanger Over the fire-place was a large water-colour drawing of Crossbourne Church, with miniatures of her father and mother, one on each side of it. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best The two water-colour galleries are both highly favoured exhibitions, and present works of an importance quite equal to those of the Academy itself. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 Colouring Outlines.—The children, using crayons or water-colour paint, may place the natural colours of the birds upon the outline drawings provided, using the coloured plates for comparison. The Bird Study Book Unfortunately Chinese white is a water-colour pigment only, not retaining its several advantages, stability excepted, when employed in oil. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Then he went to the wall and examined a framed water-colour of the old Sytch Pottery, which was signed with his initials. Clayhanger On a beautifully inlaid table in the centre of the room was an unfinished water-colour drawing, propped up by a pile of richly gilded and ornamented books. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best They have no notion of the power of the medium, of the strong and rich effects it is capable of producing, and the transparency of the tints which a great water-colour artist can lay on. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 It is possible, however, that your company may include some water-colour artist, who will try his or her hand at scene-painting in the barn. The Peace Egg and Other tales The introduction, in 1834, of this peculiar preparation of oxide of zinc has proved an incalculable boon to water-colour painters, who formerly had no white which combined perfect permanency with good body in working. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists He was a quiet, unobservant, and, as previously noted, self-absorbed man, with a sense of the picturesque, which took the form of mediocre water-colour sketching. Dross He founded his style very much on that of his friend and contemporary Girtin, the water-colour painter. Art in England Notes and Studies Nearly twenty years ago, there was but one water-colour society; but increasing numbers, and the usual artistic feuds, produced a partly natural, partly hostile, separation. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 The study of pure landscape is best seen in the water-colour draughtsmen, Cotman, Cox, and de Wint; of landscape as a setting for the life of the people, in Fred Walker and George Mason. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies In spite, however, of its want of, or deficiency in, durability, the old water-colour painters so employed it, neutralized by the addition of a little crimson lake. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Most of the artists' colour merchants supply colour by weight in the form of dry powder: any colour that is commonly used in oil or water-colour painting may be obtained in this state. Wood-Block Printing A Description of the Craft of Woodcutting and Colour Printing Based on the Japanese Practice Mr. Ruskin has declared in his Economy of Art, that more than one hundred pounds should never be given for a water-colour drawing, nor more than five hundred for an oil-painting. Art in England Notes and Studies They are of all classes and all sizes, in water-colour and in oils. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 Mr. Barker and Mr. Lambert were not particularly surprised to find the King sitting on the floor amid a litter of water-colour sketches. The Napoleon of Notting Hill Is confined to water-colour painting, and is an artificial ultramarine, holding a middle position between French blue and permanent blue, being less deep than the one and less pale than the other. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Paper, necessity of good, for water-colour art, 43. A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) But in my father's dressing-room there hung a water-colour sketch of his young wife, with me—her first baby—on her lap. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son His own painting, most of which was in water-colour, had more attraction for experts than for the general public. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" It was decorated down the sides with wild water-colour sketches of vestrymen in crowns and wreaths. The Napoleon of Notting Hill The least durable of the copper greens, it soon fades as a water-colour by the action of light, &c., and becomes first white and ultimately black by damp and foul gas. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Let a water-colour student go and see the drawing by Turner in the basement of our National Gallery, dated 1787. Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals The portrait was not an opaque and polished-looking painting on smooth cardboard, but a sketch—indefinite at the outer edges of the whole subject—on water-colour paper of moderate roughness. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls One or two private collections of Turner’s best water-colour drawings were indeed a treat; his later oil-paintings are strange things—things that baffle description. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Edward Chesterton practised "water-colour painting and modelling and photography and stained glass and fretwork and magic lanterns and mediaeval illumination." Gilbert Keith Chesterton A preparation for the use of water-colour artists is employed under the name of Liquid Asphaltum. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Among his diversions at this time he painted, on the casement windows of the oratory, some figures of saints in water-colour. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother The children, who came in to tea, were the prettiest little creatures I have ever seen, with curly hair, and faces like the water-colour pictures of a hundred years ago. My War Experiences in Two Continents But no one showed us how to model, nor did any one remark that we alone of all Europe had preserved a school of water-colour. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc The Antarctic pack ice lends itself to water-colour work far better than to oils. South with Scott It is much used as a water-colour, and for making drawings in the manner of bistre and Indian ink; but is not employed in oil, as it dries therein very reluctantly. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Two or three water-colour drawings, views of Naples, hung upon the walls; and over the mantelpiece, above some bits of rare old china, two miniatures in oval frames. Scenes of Clerical Life His pigments, both in water-colour and oils, are always harmonious, pure in tone, and rich without being garish. Masques & Phases She despised water-colour art; her conception of a picture was a vast domain of oily brown by an Old Master. Certain Personal Matters It is difficult to realize to-day that the processes which we call oil and water-colour painting were not then invented, and that no shops existed to sell canvases and paints ready for use. The Book of Art for Young People Lead colours must not be employed in water-colour or crayon painting, distemper, or fresco. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists The landscape began to look like a hastily sketched water-colour, with its hills and terraces of vine; and above was a pale sky, blurred like greasy silver. The Motor Maid She pursued this plan with some of Chinnery's curious and effective water-colour sketches, which were lent to her by friends, and she found it a very useful one. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books At the second turn, he paused before a picture—a little water-colour sketch—that hung from the wall. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 He continued to paint water-colour sketches to the end of his life, for these were appreciated by a public that did not understand, and neglected to buy, his oil-paintings. The Book of Art for Young People Since the period of its production, Chinese white has been generally preferred by water-colour artists, as being the most eligible in their peculiar department. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists It was an occupation akin to water-colour painting or lace work, just the sort of thing to find Elizabeth at—typical. Caste There was a gentleman who had rather a red nose, and some one remarked that it was an expensive piece of painting, to which some one else significantly added, that it was not a water-colour. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Ned pressed the spring, the lid of the case flew up, and there, in water-colour, was the head and bust of a girl. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel The picture formed by their union must necessarily have much of the artificiality and clumsiness of the mosaic as compared with the oil or water-colour painting. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood In fact, there is but one white pigment which approaches perfection—Chinese white; and this is only a water-colour. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists And the vast apartment, with its white paint and gilding and Italian sketches in water-colour and statuettes under glass, might have been a lady's drawing-room. The Ship of Stars The water-colour portrait of this "object" was preserved by her in a secret casket. A Reckless Character And Other Stories It made one think of an old faded water-colour, washed in with tears, that clings to its significance though all its reality is gone. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Mamma, who was very talented, made me do a little water-colour, and I sometimes helped her with the backgrounds of her fans. His Masterpiece In water-colour painting, cobalt is tolerably firm on paper, and consequently answers better for some purposes than French blue. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists On a circular table lay casts, medallions, and some very choice water-colour drawings. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met From a little distance the house, against the sky, looked insubstantial, a water-colour, painted in grey and amber on a field of luminous blue. Grey Roses The production of marbles in water-colour has a depth, softness, and stoniness that defies oil-painting, and in some cases will defy detection unless by an expert of marbles. Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing The painter has invariably made a preliminary water-colour sketch of his scene, on paper or cardboard. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Its use is confined to water-colour painting, in which it was much employed by the old masters for tinting drawings and shading sketches, before the general application of Indian ink to such purposes. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists One of the best Israels that I saw in Holland is a little water-colour interior that is hung here. A Wanderer in Holland Bermondsey was gay, and after we had gone the "Student" perpetuated the fact in a water-colour drawing which he sent to his cousin afterwards. A Student in Arms Second Series Moreover she knew that a small water-colour sketch of her in her youth—a drawing of Mr. Frank's—stood on the table in the boy's bedroom. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Death overtook him in 1854, before it was finished, and now the water-colour drawings which are exhibited in the Gallery of Parma prove to what extent the achievement fell short of his design. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series In modern times, a beautiful transparent brown for water-colour artists, known as Liquid Prout's Brown, has been extensively employed. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists All his work is good, but I saw nothing better than the water-colour drawing in the Boymans Museum at Rotterdam, which is reproduced opposite page 132. A Wanderer in Holland London lay as if washed with water-colour that Sunday morning, light blue sky and pale dancing sunlight wooing the begrimed stones of Westminster like a young girl with an old lover. Simon Called Peter He had some skill with the pencil and the water-colour brush. Hocken and Hunken He rose and brought me a charming little water-colour sketch he had made of the bit of No Man's Land in front of his trench, with the German line beyond it. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front The painter was in the habit of contributing interior genre scenes in water-colour to the Old Water-colour Society, of which he was made an Associate in 1881. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians Any painter will say the same, according as he works in fresco or on canvas, in water-colour or in oil. The Poetry Of Robert Browning The chalk can be rubbed up with a little water, like a cake of water-colour, and applied with a brush. The Practice and Science of Drawing Some people bring home a bundle of sketches from their summer holiday—water-colour memories of cliff, of sea, ruined castle, and ancient abbey. The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven Merely dotting a page with reproductions of water-colour drawings will not do. Reviews Lying freedom, plated furniture, water-colour pictures, why! the public loves this sort of thing! Over Strand and Field There on the wall, screened from vulgar eyes, hung five water-colour drawings. The Mating of Lydia This can be applied with a sable brush as in water-colour painting, and makes a rich velvety dark. The Practice and Science of Drawing I saw a beautiful water-colour by him at the Point. Westways Wasn't there even now in his bedroom in New York a water-colour of Market Saffron church, where the dear old lady had been confirmed? Mr. Britling Sees It Through His water-colour sketches have been veritable revelations for several Impressionists. The French Impressionists (1860-1900) You remember that charming water-colour of the Venetian gondolier in the Luxembourg. The Great Adventure The mantelpiece was decorated with cut flowers, and the walls were hung with portraits and sketches in crayons and water-colour. A Trip to Venus "Don't you think that would be nice with those pretty water-colour sketches?" Greatheart The latter was taken from a water-colour drawing supposed to have been made by Carter, an architect of Winchester. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See We had seen and admired the fifteen water-colours at the Luxembourg, among them the famous Apparition, but for the enormous number of pictures, oil, water-colour, pastels, drawings, cartons, studies, we were unprepared. Promenades of an Impressionist B. was also an accomplished water-colour artist, and in all respects lived up to the ideals he sought to instil into his readers. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The table by the window was strewn with artist's materials, drawings, sheets of water-colour paper and tumblers of coloured water. The Second Violin He P. 36should then proceed to teach me water-colour painting, but the latter only as a basis for oil; this last, however, to use his own words, all in due time.... The Life of John Ruskin "Perhaps we may as well keep that here, after all," said Rachel, indicating Athelsan's water-colour. The Price of Love And there is a water-colour of Turner's in the National Gallery called Honfleur, which has anticipated many traits of Boudin and the Manet we know when he had not forgotten Eugène Boudin's influence. Promenades of an Impressionist Nelly's water-colour drawing, for instance, though it was a passion with her, was quite untrained, and its results unmarketable. Missing The walls were covered with a loan collection of oil-paintings, water-colour drawings, and etchings—English and French, but chiefly English. The Pretty Lady And we are in a fair way, it seems, of lowering the price of modern pictures, as he bids us, to "not more than £500 for an oil picture and £100 for a water-colour." The Life of John Ruskin The rejected of Rachel was a water-colour by the late Athelstan Maldon, adored by Mrs. Maldon. The Price of Love Painting is beginning to struggle towards the light, chiefly in the form of water-colour drawings. The Long White Cloud Frontispiece after the original water-colour sketch for "Dante's Dream," by D.G. Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics But she made the flat as cheerful as she could, lighting the stove, putting some yellow flowers into a glass, dusting the Benois water-colour, putting my favourite books beside my bed. The Secret City They had come back before the little water-colour sketch she was making was quite finished. Two Little Knights of Kentucky "Your son painted this water-colour, did he not, Mrs. Maldon?" The Price of Love Her attentive eyes left nothing unnoticed, the fine modern water-colour landscapes on the walls of one, the delicate inlaid cabinets in another. Fated to Be Free He longs for mystery, deep and endless, and he is tempted with a foolish little illusion—white dresses, water-colour drawings and popular music. Confessions of a Young Man Over his dressing-table hung one of his own water-colour drawings, made under the teaching of the elder Nasmyth; I believe, at the High School of Edinburgh. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice But our purpose lies deeper than that which inspires a water-colour sketch. A Mere Accident Sometimes I will find her in the garden seated in front of her easel, making one of her delicate water-colour sketches—for she was once a student in Paris and has romantic Latin-quarter memories. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays That most successful of all courtiers, the astute Lord Beaconsfield, used to engage her Majesty in conversation about water-colour drawing and the third-cousinships of German princes. Collections and Recollections Elly's golden head, the background of austere French Protestants, is sketched with a flowing water-colour brush, I do not know if it is true, but true or false in reality, it is true in art. Confessions of a Young Man Elly's golden head, the back-ground of austere French Protestants, is sketched with a flowing water-colour brush, I do not know if it is true, but true or false in reality, it is true in art. Confessions of a Young Man I see again a water-colour that I did years ago and had forgotten; it lives, protected by a glazed frame and by the pride of possession. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front It is not to be doubted, however, that the original was painted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, the Swiss water-colour draughtsman, who sketched so many topographical views in the South of England. Gossip in a Library Seeing him stand there alone, I stepped up to him, and asked the price of the water-colour. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories The scene of the moorland and the fields was like a feeble water-colour drawing half sponged out. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices I then commenced the study of human anatomy, and began water-colour painting, reading all the works upon art on which I could lay my hand. Men of Invention and Industry On this occasion they wandered to the album, and toyed absently about the margin of the little water-colour drawing. The Woman in White Here Green is lucid, graceful, and refined: producing one after another little vignettes in prose, which remind us of the simple drawings of the water-colour masters of the age, of Girtin or Cozens or Glover. Gossip in a Library "I asked you the price of that water-colour, and you will be good enough to answer me civilly." The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories With the paper, there fell out on the counterpane of the bed a small packet of sticking-plaster, and a little water-colour drawing of a landscape. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Their shapes, arrangement, and gradation of tint made me think of a box of water-colour paints. Tales of Terror and Mystery The page that lay open had a small water-colour landscape very neatly mounted on it. The Woman in White The dining and sitting-rooms were hung with the original water-colour drawings - mostly by Stanfield, I think - which illustrated his minor works. Tracks of a Rolling Stone He went to his water-colour box, and dexterously painted them with black and white stripes. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography Men who fish, botanise, work with the turning-lathe, or gather sea-weeds, will make admirable husbands and a little amateur painting in water-colour shows the innocent and quiet mind. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers The water-colour paper and paint he could not forego. The Harvester Admire his collection of coins, prints, and water-colour drawings, and you will win his heart. The Woman in White The majority of these are small cheap oleographs, but there was one water-colour sketch of the head of a young lady which arrested my attention. The Captain of the Polestar And in the autumn exhibition of students' work in the Castle he had two studies, a landscape in water-colour and a still life in oil, both of which had first-prize awards. Sons and Lovers She paused before a little water-colour drawing on the wall, which had belonged to her mother: it was her own portrait when she was a child. The Haunted Hotel "Isn't it like a water-colour too—you know the way water-colours dry in ridges all across the paper—I've been wondering what they looked like." The Voyage Out They were, for the most part, really fine specimens of English water-colour art; and they had deserved much better treatment at the hands of their former possessor than they appeared to have received. The Woman in White Her easel stood in a corner of the lawn with an unfinished water-colour drawing of the house on it. Mr. Waddington of Wyck The effect of it, and several elaborate water-colour designs of the same class, is akin to the peculiar richness of chased metal work; glinting light hovers over crowds of little figures. Albert Durer Chromolithographs were cheap and popular—people would rather buy a lithograph of some popular artist's picture than a nameless water-colour. The Lovels of Arden He raised his candle close to the little water-colour I have mentioned. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 The water-colour drawing that I made of Laura Fairlie, at an after period, in the place and attitude in which I first saw her, lies on my desk while I write. The Woman in White The panels of the parlour are covered with sketches, some in oil, some in water-colour, souvenirs with which visitors have memorialized their stay. Holidays in Eastern France As it is, he has given us water-colour sketches in which the blot is used to render the foliage of trees in a manner till then unprecedented. Albert Durer The portrait was a water-colour, painted rather unskilfully by a lady who had been a neighbour of hers; but the likeness, as every one declared, was a striking one. Dream Tales and Prose Poems A water-colour portrait of this object of her affections was kept by her in a secret drawer. A Desperate Character and Other Stories Etching, pastel and water-colour drawing, oil-painting, wood-cutting, lithography, working in silver, copper, and brass, and modelling in clay, belong equally to his accomplishments, though as a painter he is, of course, best known. Dutch Life in Town and Country I must try to get her photo and have it enlarged; Mills could do a beautiful water-colour portrait from it…. Fan : the story of a young girl's life It flows like a Japanese water-colour: the low horizon evaporating in the low light, the spire of the town visible in the haze. Memoirs of My Dead Life She jumped from her chair, and swooped upon the Spanish-Roman water-colour Annie had stood against some books on the table, pending its final disposition. Annie Kilburn : a Novel He had furnished them in an antique manner, with hangings, cabinets, carved work, Venice glasses, fine prints, and water-colour sketches of good pictures by his own and other hands. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family That water-colour business—a blind, a red herring; the so-called lady companion—— The natives, meanwhile, observe with amazement the mutual conduct of two compatriots. Alone Then I had it enlarged, and the water-colour taken from it. Fan : the story of a young girl's life By way of variety, the artist might make a water-colour sketch of a fettler's tent on the line, with a billy hanging over the fire in front, and three fettlers standing round filling their pipes. While the Billy Boils A water-colour sketch of the château taken in 1804, from the land side, by William Morrison, Jr., is in my possession. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present I have heard my father describe her many times, and I have seen the water-colour sketch he made of her—he was quite an amateur. The Sheik And he spread on the table a water-colour sketch of Grace. Two Years Ago, Volume II. At length, catching sight of the water-colour portrait of Fan, which was hanging on the wall, he got up from his seat and placed himself before it. Fan : the story of a young girl's life The furniture was bright with old-fashioned glossy chintz; the rose-tinted walls were hung with fine water-colour drawings; the windows with rose-silk curtains. Peter's Mother There were among the number about thirty engravings, and a much larger proportion of water-colour drawings; about seventy had the P.A. Domestic Manners of the Americans Hogarth absently took up a water-colour drawing from the table, and turned it round and round, leaning forward on a knee, as he told how the matter was. The Lord of the Sea Next he made the acquaintance of Thomas Girtin, the first in his country of a fine school of water-colour painters, and this acquaintance grew into a close friendship. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People She sighed as she looked at the water-colour. The Happy Adventurers This is a large airy house, simple and tasteful, with pretty engravings and water-colour drawings on the walls. The Hawaiian Archipelago We herd in towns, and take the country in dashes of water-colour framed in gilt. Without Prejudice “An amateur,” he said, “might do very decent things in water-colour, but oils require genius.” The Note-Books of Samuel Butler I am now doing a water-colour sketch from the photograph—the one in which you stand with your hands behind your back and your head on one side—for him. Spring Days Morton laughed, the conversation paused, and the water-colour progressed. Celibates There was an Irish student who sat in front of me, whose anatomical drawings in water-colour were certainly most remarkable productions. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 He no longer perceived any of those soft water-colour tints which had predominated in the pale light of early morning. The Fat and the Thin Some of Butler’s water-colour drawings having been given to the British Museum, two were included in an exhibition held there during the summer. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler The King, who was an artist to his finger tips, a distinguished musician, water-colour artist, etcher, and ceramist, hated politics. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville She had begun her second water-colour, and was so intent upon it as not to be aware that a new presence had come into the garden. Celibates And he pitched into the fire—not the apparatus of crime, but the water-colour drawing of a moss-rose and the straws and the blue ribbon for bows at the corners. The Old Wives' Tale The dawn appeared slowly, softly grey in hue, and spreading a light water-colour tint over everything. The Fat and the Thin One day I stared at its common wall-paper representing antique subjects, which in some inexplicable way recalled a certain water-colour by Genelli to my mind, portraying 'The education of Dionysos by the Muses.' My Life — Volume 1 Besides these striking suggestions of the Seer and the curate, however, I felt vaguely conscious of having seen and observed the man himself whom the water-colour represented, at some time, somewhere. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay Something in Mildred's tone of voice and manner struck Alfred, and, dropping his self-consciousness, he said: 'You thought that I'd like a water-colour sketch better.' Celibates Most people find it difficult to believe in the existence of it, unless it is accompanied by certain fragile signs of its existence, such as water-colour drawing, or a tendency to strum on a piano. From a College Window Fitfully, she had resumed her water-colour drawing, but as a rule her withdrawal to the glass-house was for reading or reverie. Born in Exile Here was her bed, her writing-table, her chair of authorship, desks, books, ornaments, water-colour sketches. Diana of the Crossways — Complete "Look here, Dudley," he said, holding up the water-colour, "do you know that person?" An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay Here was her bed, her writing- table, her chair of authorship, desks, books, ornaments, water-colour sketches. Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5 "I have seen a few of his water-colour drawings." The Emancipated On the walls hung a few framed paintings, several unframed and unfinished, water-colour sketches, studies in crayon, photographs, and so on. Will Warburton A string quartet is to a symphony what a delicate water-colour is to an oil-painting.... The Whirlpool A Second Empire gilt mirror hung over the Louis XVI sofa, and was flanked on the one side by a villainous German print of "The Huntsman's Return" and on the other by a dainty water-colour. Simon the Jester Some, if not all, of the letters he received from "Louise" were written in English; and at least one water-colour painting was sent him which had been executed by the lady's own hand. Balzac "That is a clever piece of work," he said, indicating a water-colour in the window, and speaking as if they had already been in conversation. The Emancipated It has occurred to me that you might be able to suggest some quaint corner of old London, unknown to me, which would make a good subject for a water-colour. Will Warburton After her return from Madeira she made the acquaintance of a lady skilled in water-colour drawing, and herewith began a new enthusiasm. The Whirlpool Rising, she went over to the wall and touched one of the water-colour sketches. The Judgment House She sat up very stiffly, her hands on her lap, her eyes staring at the little bright water-colour on the wall opposite. The Captives Missy was clipping sketches from certain advertisements, which she might trace upon cardboard squares and decorate with water-colour. Missy He has reproduced in water-colour, with loving care, the decorations of the specimens of prehistoric pottery which his excavations have revealed, and which he has endeavoured to reconstruct, with all the science of an archaeologist. Fabre, Poet of Science For pictures little space could be found; but over the mantelpiece hung a fine water-colour, the flood of Tigris and the roofs of Bagdad burning in golden sunset. The Whirlpool I've just seen two pretty women cast away in a corner, and clinging to a small water-colour on the wall with a show of interest that would melt a heart of stone. April Hopes A commonplace little water-colour, hung on a wall, can give happiness to heaps of people; a poor piece of music can do a thousand things, good and bad, but an unsuccessful novel—twenty unsuccessful novels! The Captives "My dear," said her mother, on her return, "how long you have been; and what am I to give for the water-colour?" Clever Woman of the Family He has displayed the same skill in water-colour in that astonishing iconography, in which he has detailed, with marvellous accuracy, all the peculiarities of the mycological flora of the olive-growing districts. Fabre, Poet of Science She being gone, Julia made a parcel of water-colour drawings, and sallied forth all on fire to sell them. Hard Cash It's worked up from the little water-colour I made outside El Maghrib. The Light That Failed I promised, however, to send her a life-sized water-colour drawing of which I had caused several to be made. The Ivory Child Then in a moment he pointed out the easel supporting the little water-colour drawing. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 They painted in water-colour; they embroidered; they copied verses into albums. The Good Soldier And after tea, while the two little girls pressed seaweed, he talked to Stella in the window seat and looked at her water-colour sketches. Five Tales Let a water-colour student go and see the drawing by Turner, in the basement of our National Gallery, dated 1787. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino Two fine etchings and some water-colour sketches hung on the walls; leaning against the end of the wardrobe, unhung, were a few framed engravings. Trent's Last Case There were books in profusion and magazines and newspapers, and a few small, odd, elaborate pictures, chiefly in water-colour. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 He went to the table, took up a thick dusty book, opened it and took from between the pages a little water-colour portrait on ivory. Crime and Punishment I wrote these out upon sheets of paper of the same size as his printed page, and I adorned them with water-colour plates, meant to emulate his precise and exquisite illustrations. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Poor water-colour drawings, indigo and Indian ink; screens, ornamented with moss and dried leaves; paintings on velvet, and such faintly ornamental works were displayed on one side of the shop. My Lady Ludlow Are the English artists who practise the particularly English art of water-colour to be forbidden to use Prussian blue? Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays The water is of a queer glaucous green, olive-coloured, or rather like the tint made when you wash out a box of water-colour paints. Angling Sketches Otherwise, the plastered white walls were completely bare, except for a water-colour sketch of the San Tome mountain—the work of Dona Emilia herself. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard On the afternoon of the Lord's Day, as I have already explained, I might neither walk, nor talk, nor explore our scientific library, nor indulge in furious feats of water-colour painting. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Emma will give me a water-colour that she has painted herself. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow She was examining a water-colour on the wall, seemed to be absorbed by it. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Along and above this had been set the relieving lightness of a few water-colour sketches of fruit and flower. Roads of Destiny He waved his hand towards the small water-colour hanging alone upon the great bare wall. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard My Father was at this time producing numerous water-colour drawings of minute and even of microscopic forms of life. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Books, hammocks, correspondence with a few intimate friends, a renewed interest in her old water-colour box and easel—these disposed of the sultry hours of daylight. Whirligigs I thought I must tell you that my Elaine has had a water-colour sketch accepted by the Latent Talent Art Guild; it’s to be exhibited at their summer exhibition at the Hackney Gallery. The Toys of Peace, and other papers This was the water-colour morning; and the teacher, a veteran of many exhibitions, of a venerable and jovial aspect, had turned up with his usual punctuality. Chance A Tale in Two Parts I did a water-colour sketch of her and sent it to Ronald, receiving in return a letter bubbling over with fond admiration and gratitude. Penelope's Irish Experiences Dry autumn does beautiful things in sepia, as the water-colour artist did in the early days, and draws divine brown Turners of the first manner. Ceres' Runaway and Other Essays I promised to contribute a water-colour drawing: this put her at once into good humour. Jane Eyre |
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