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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19751#0138
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ON" FIGURE DRAWING.
shadows with chalk of a middling degree, working them
soft and flat by rubbing them with the stump ; this must
be repeated till all the dark shades are of a proper depth,
and nothing remains to be done but the very black
touches, which must be laid in with vigour, using the
blackest chalk; and the bright lights, which must be put
on with the white chalk softened with the stump, in using
which take care that it be not with the end which has
softened the black shades, as you will otherwise make a
shade instead of a light.
In drawing a whole-length figure the student must
first begin with the head, then proceed with the trunk,
and lastly the lower extremities and arms—all these
ought to be sketched in lightly, and corrected till the pro-
portions be tolerably correct, when he must observe
whether the figure stand well on its feet, and whether the
general attitude be easy and natural: this being done, he
may again proceed to correct the proportion for the last
time, after which he must draw in the strong outline, and
then proceed to finish.
Beginners frequently find considerable difficulty in
drawing from plaster casts, owing to their not knowing
how to place them in the easiest position, as well as
from the injudicious manner in which they allow the
light to fall upon them ; I have also frequently found
that young persons have had a dislike to draw from the
antique, on account of the little interest that the subjects
afford to those who are not sufficiently advanced in the
art, to feel the beauty of the proportions which those
figures exhibit. In one of my pupils (a boy about ten
ON" FIGURE DRAWING.
shadows with chalk of a middling degree, working them
soft and flat by rubbing them with the stump ; this must
be repeated till all the dark shades are of a proper depth,
and nothing remains to be done but the very black
touches, which must be laid in with vigour, using the
blackest chalk; and the bright lights, which must be put
on with the white chalk softened with the stump, in using
which take care that it be not with the end which has
softened the black shades, as you will otherwise make a
shade instead of a light.
In drawing a whole-length figure the student must
first begin with the head, then proceed with the trunk,
and lastly the lower extremities and arms—all these
ought to be sketched in lightly, and corrected till the pro-
portions be tolerably correct, when he must observe
whether the figure stand well on its feet, and whether the
general attitude be easy and natural: this being done, he
may again proceed to correct the proportion for the last
time, after which he must draw in the strong outline, and
then proceed to finish.
Beginners frequently find considerable difficulty in
drawing from plaster casts, owing to their not knowing
how to place them in the easiest position, as well as
from the injudicious manner in which they allow the
light to fall upon them ; I have also frequently found
that young persons have had a dislike to draw from the
antique, on account of the little interest that the subjects
afford to those who are not sufficiently advanced in the
art, to feel the beauty of the proportions which those
figures exhibit. In one of my pupils (a boy about ten