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Drawing for beginners (1920)

Furniss, Dorothy · Pelham, N. Y. : Bridgman Publishers · leaf 66

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, obviously it must be drawn straight or round. Have you seen an X-ray photograph of a hand, or heldyour fingers up to a bright light and seen through the filmof pink flesh the dim shape of the bones ? Muscles, tendons,veins, flesh, and dimples attract our attention. The boneswe are inclined to… … Drawing Hands chances to one the artist has paid too much attention to minorthings. He has tried so hard to give the nails the right shape ;but what attention has been paid to the knuckles, to the base ofthe fingers, and firm shapes between each joint, to the jointsthemselves, all of which are a…

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