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Drawing and painting self-taught (1922)

Cross, Anson K. (Anson Kent), 1862-1944, Cross, Evelyn F. [from old catalog] · Winthrop, Mass., A. K. Cross · leaf 32

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nd you see onlythe sharpened end with none of the curved surface, you areholding the drawing so that you see its actual proportions. If thepencil does not point to the eye, you will readily move the Glassor the drawing board, so that you can see only the end of thepencil. Try this experiment once… … Fig. 8.—Testing the drawing. sketch entirely free-hand, without any measuring or penciltests, and without tracing or using the Glass as a finder. Untilyour eyes have done their best, you should train them by sketch-ing with the faintest lines you can see, and changing and correct-ing them entirely…

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