Also the use of constructional lines in fixing the salient points. The accurate matching of negative shapes is a good way of making sure you have drawn in the right proportions. Use the lines and shapes of the objects and surroundings around the figure and this will also fix the figure in space.
Outline is overstressed because of tentativeness. A very common feature evident in those learning to draw is the barbed fuzzy outline consisting of many short tentative strokes. If I look in my own sketchbooks from the time I was at art college I can see plenty of examples of this. I do not feel ashamed at this sort of hesitation but I regard it as an essential part of the learning process. A smooth confident line is only achieved through a great deal of patient practice over some time.
Constructing with shapes - synthesis This diagram demonstrates how complex shapes may be synthesized from simpler shapes A vase may be constructed from a cone, sphere, cone, cylinder and disc. The virtue of this convention is that most regular solids can be built up from simple shapes which can easily be shaded to show solidity and it also provides a way of working directly from the imagination without having a model to refer to.
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