The W. Martin Johnson school of art. Elementary instruction in color, perspective, lights and shadows, pen drawing and composition (1909)
Johnson, William Martin, 1862- [from old catalog] · New York city · leaf 76
. This will be the measurementof curvature, and it should be determined before pro-jecting any curve. In the human figure there are nostraight lines, but a combination of convex curvedlines produced by the muscles overlapping each other.But the skilful draughtsman rarely permits himself todraw… … Hand blocked out in straight lines termine for oneself by looking at the hand. That whichthe person who has not been taught to draw thinksis a depressed curve is seen to be made up of convexcurves so disposed as to give the effect of a hollow. 69 Many will find these primary exercises simple,…
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