Publisher's Synopsis
This volume of the 'Art-at-Home' series is quite equal to any that have preceded it, and it is certainly superior to some. It is not easy so to render written instructions as to make them efficient in the teaching of art so purely practical as drawing and painting; but Mr. Tristram Ellis combines In himself two remarkable gifts, power with his pencil and the faculty of ranging all his experiences under principles; so that when he describes his processes he does so with such precision and effect that he cannot but aid the learner. Artists are not often highly gifted with this power; they accomplish their results, but they cannot make clear their rules or processes to others, if they even do so to themselves. Mr. Tristram Ellis has laid out his matter admirably; he proceeds from the simpler to the more complex; and if the pupil (with any genius for art at all, faithfully reduces to practice these counsels as he goes along, he can hardly fail of success. In a sense, such a handbook brings the Academy into the home, and thus in utmost strictness answers to the title of the series. The drawings supplied are admirable illustrations, and altogether we regard the book, both for its technical clearness and its clear and graceful style, as one of the most notable contributions recently made to the literature of art-teaching. We trust it may soon find the place that it so well deserves.- "The British Quarterly Review," Vol. 77
