Figure drawing and composition : being a number of hints for the student and designer upon the treatment of the human figure by Richard G. Hatton (1895)
Hatton, Richard George, 1864-1926 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 41
AIM AND METHOD 21 In blocking out the figure (see Fig. 20), the shapes must all correspond as nearly as possible to the final form. Some draughtsmen use straight lines very largely, but it is difficult to see what is gained by an angle where the form requires a curve. One value of angles, however,… … Fig. 5. sides of the arm, then those of the fore-arm, and finally of the hand, or they may be placed as in Fig. 4, B, fixing the outstanding points first. Probably it is best to combine the two, first looking over the ground as in B, and then proceeding in the more structural method A. B is the…
Figure drawing · Human figure in art · Anatomy, Artistic
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