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D R A 239
them afterwards, always making ufe of the beft copies or prints,
which will both increafe your judgment, and bring you to a good
command of hand.
Of Drawing the extreme parts, i. In Drawing the hands,
do not draw all the joints, veins, or other things to appear plain-
ly, but only lightly and faintly ; and ftrike out the fize of the
hand, and the manner of its turning with faint touches, and not
with hard ftrokes.
2. After you have done this, part the fingers according to
your pattern, with faint ftrokes alfo ; then mark the place where
any of the fingers ftand out from the others with a faint refem-
blance.
3. Proceed to draw thefe parts more perfectly, making the
bending of the joints, the wrifts, and other principal parts more
exactly; then go over them again, Drawing every fmall bend-
ing or fwelling of the fingers, nails, knuckles, and veins, fo
many of them as do appear.
4. Acquaint yourfelf, from good prints, with the juft propor-
tions of the hands, with their equal diftances, always obferving
this rule, according as it turns, either one way or the other,,
to fhorten in proportion as they appear to the eye. For, fo
much as it turns away from our eye, fo much it loles in propor-
tion ; nay, fometimes a whole finger, two or three, or more, is
loft to our fight, to which the draught muft be made to anfwer,
5. In Drawing of feet, the fame rules are to be obierved, that
are laid down for Drawing of hands.
Of Drawing the whole body. %. Begin with the head, and
be fure that you give it its juft proportion, anfwerable to what
you intend the whole body mould be ; then draw the fhoulders
in their exact breadth, next to them the trunk of the body, be-
ginning at the arm-pits, and fo Drawing down to the hips on
both fides, obferving withal the exacl breadth of the waift ; and,
in the laft place, draw the legs, arms, and hands, according to
your pattern.
2. Firft draw with a coal, and alfo very lightly and faintlv,
not Drawing any thing perfect:, that it may be the eafier mended
when it is amifs; and, when this has been done, finifh one thing
after another as curioufly as you can.
3. Let thofe joints, finews, mufcles, and veins, which are
parallel, be placed oppofite to one another in a ftraight line, as
moulder to moulder, hip to hip, knee to knee, &c. in order to
this, draw ftraight crofs lines for your guide; obferving that,
which way foever the body turns or bows, thefe lines may an-
fwer accordingly. %
4. Place all perpendicular joints and parts in a right line one
under another, as you fee them in your pattern. For which
3 purpofe
them afterwards, always making ufe of the beft copies or prints,
which will both increafe your judgment, and bring you to a good
command of hand.
Of Drawing the extreme parts, i. In Drawing the hands,
do not draw all the joints, veins, or other things to appear plain-
ly, but only lightly and faintly ; and ftrike out the fize of the
hand, and the manner of its turning with faint touches, and not
with hard ftrokes.
2. After you have done this, part the fingers according to
your pattern, with faint ftrokes alfo ; then mark the place where
any of the fingers ftand out from the others with a faint refem-
blance.
3. Proceed to draw thefe parts more perfectly, making the
bending of the joints, the wrifts, and other principal parts more
exactly; then go over them again, Drawing every fmall bend-
ing or fwelling of the fingers, nails, knuckles, and veins, fo
many of them as do appear.
4. Acquaint yourfelf, from good prints, with the juft propor-
tions of the hands, with their equal diftances, always obferving
this rule, according as it turns, either one way or the other,,
to fhorten in proportion as they appear to the eye. For, fo
much as it turns away from our eye, fo much it loles in propor-
tion ; nay, fometimes a whole finger, two or three, or more, is
loft to our fight, to which the draught muft be made to anfwer,
5. In Drawing of feet, the fame rules are to be obierved, that
are laid down for Drawing of hands.
Of Drawing the whole body. %. Begin with the head, and
be fure that you give it its juft proportion, anfwerable to what
you intend the whole body mould be ; then draw the fhoulders
in their exact breadth, next to them the trunk of the body, be-
ginning at the arm-pits, and fo Drawing down to the hips on
both fides, obferving withal the exacl breadth of the waift ; and,
in the laft place, draw the legs, arms, and hands, according to
your pattern.
2. Firft draw with a coal, and alfo very lightly and faintlv,
not Drawing any thing perfect:, that it may be the eafier mended
when it is amifs; and, when this has been done, finifh one thing
after another as curioufly as you can.
3. Let thofe joints, finews, mufcles, and veins, which are
parallel, be placed oppofite to one another in a ftraight line, as
moulder to moulder, hip to hip, knee to knee, &c. in order to
this, draw ftraight crofs lines for your guide; obferving that,
which way foever the body turns or bows, thefe lines may an-
fwer accordingly. %
4. Place all perpendicular joints and parts in a right line one
under another, as you fee them in your pattern. For which
3 purpofe