Juvenilia HWOS 03 019

2023-04-11T00:00:00Z

Juvenilia "A tree is generally thought to be an object so fully delivered over to the will of the Artist, and so little depending on any determinable character of lines or forms, that it may be represented in any manner, run out in any direction, or patched and mended in any way that may seem convenient. This may indeed be true of the common splotches which go by that name; but of Trees on the principles of nature it will be found that the reverse in every particular is the truth; and that no objects whatever require so much vigour, decision, and swiftness of execution, or can so little bear retouching, ragged and smeary daubing, or any thing that shall muddle or injure the rich transparency and lightness for which the foliage of Trees is so peculiarly remarkable" (p. 1). Kennion, Edward. An Essay on Trees in Landscape; or, an attempt to shew the propriety and importance of characteristic expressions in this branch of art, and the means of producing it: with examples. T. Bensley, 1844. https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010717110/page/n3/mode/2up