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We did a 20 minute draft perspective drawing before this one. I did this one over two classes. Some problems with alignment and proportions but overall I like it.
Looking eastwards, from the far tip of Porto Antico, Genoa. To the right are former Cotton Warehouses, since converted into restaurants and offices. Genoa, Italy. 28 August 2016.
Nicolette Gray documents this face as "Perspective, Figgins 1845."¹
The earliest specimen personally examined is shown as Claro y Oscuro [Light and Dark] by Fundiçion de J.B. Clement (Valencia) dated 1840.
Kelly illustrates it and other chromatic reverses shown by George Nesbitt in 1841,² and Bullen writes that the design originated in France.³
This letterpress typeface has not been digitally archived for posterity.
More THP revival projects: forums.typeheritage.com/status/
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More updates of Nicolette Gray's research of 19th-century type trends in Great Britain: forums.typeheritage.com/gray-chart/
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¹Gray, N. (1938): XIXth Century Ornamented Types and Title Pages, page 184. Faber and Faber Limited, London.
²Kelly, R.R. (1977): American Wood Type, 1828–1900|Notes on the Evolution of Decorated and Large Types, page 75. Litton Educational Publishing, Inc./Van Nostrand Reinhold Company (New York 1969). Reprinted by DaCapo Press, Inc. (New York 1977).
³Bullen, H.L. [pen-name Quadrat](1906-1908): Discursions of a Retired Printer. In The Inland Printer, March 1907.
Photos from 'Perspectives' for 'Native Gardens,' Karen ZacarÃas' celebrated comedy about a young Latino couple that moves into a fixer-upper next to an older couple with a beautifully kept garden. All is going really well until the aristocratic young Chileans discover their property line actually extends about 2 feet over their neighbors' flowerbed. Performances run through May 6, 2018, in the Space Theatre. For more information, call 303-893-4100 or go to denvercenter.org. 'Perspectives' is a series of free public panel discussions held just before the first preview performance of each DCPA Theatre Company offering. Next up: 'The Who's Tommy': 6 p.m. Friday, April 20, 2018, in the Jones Theatre. Photos by John Moore for the DCPA NewsCenter.
March 15, 2012 - Another view from our condo, but this time since the weather is now somewhat warm enough, I was able to go outside on our balcony to take the picture.
Notice the lovely crane in our view. We thought we had a good view and that a condo can't be built in front of us due to the rail road tracks. Lucky us they're deciding to do an overpass east of us, so that means the tracks are being raised.
Taking pictures of the beach from quite far away, the slabs almost look like they could be little boulders the size of your leg, and the people little ants climbing.
"Experiment with changing up your angle of view and subject distance - pay attention to the kind of perspective that you want. "
My strongest techniques are watercolours. This watercolour painting shows a good use of perspective.