7.2
Edward May’s sketch of
candleholders is the type of
subject which lends itself to
a practice exercise. May’s
facility for drawing was, no
doubt, acquired as the result
of many such sketches.
(RIBA Drawings Collection)7.3
Sketch by the author of a
column capital at Dumma Goulia
in Homs, Syria. The decoration
is based upon the palm leaf.The importance of practice 61