Where Señor Salme presents an authoritative opinion
Tracing, for the art-purpose of improving proportions and acquiring an expressive brush-touch, is a most valuable help to the production of good work. Architects use tracing-paper for changes in plans. Japanese artists trace again and again until satisfied with the quality of touch and strength of drawing.
Arthur Wesley Dow, Composition. A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the use of Students and Teachers. 2010 Benediction Classics, Oxford. p. 35
