A Woodland Study
c. 1856 · Brush and black and brown washes, with white gouache and scraping, ruled in graphite, on ivory paperboard · 22.5 × 17.2 cm (8 7/8 × 6 13/16 in.)
Palmer, A Woodland Study, c. 1856. Brush and black and brown washes, with white gouache and scraping, ruled in graphite, on ivory paperboard.
The Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
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- Find the brightest point. Measure how small it is.
- Pick a dark passage and count the directions of hatching in it.
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