Identifier: drawingforbeginn00furn (find matches)
Title: Drawing for beginners
Year: 1920 (1920s)

Dorothy Furniss (1879–1944)
Beschreibung	Künstlerin
Geburts-/Todesdatum	1879	1944
Normdatei	: Q18784974 VIAF: 92987496 Open Library: OL2371342A LCCN: no2022117044 NLA: 35646186 WorldCat

Subjects: Drawing -- Study and teaching
Publisher: Pelham, N. Y. : Bridgman Publishers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e base. On this egg-shaped form were traced curving lines, follow-ing, of course, the curves of the surface, one central line, andthree transverse lines. The central line marked the centreof the brow, the angle and tip of the nose, and ran throughthe upper and lower lips to the point of the chin. The cross, or transverse, lines marked the angle of thebrow above the eyes, then the angle of the nostrils, and lastlythe angle of the mouth. When the head tilted and sank forward the lines of the facecurved downward. When the head was thrown up and backward the lines ofthe features curved in a like manner. Seen in profile (or sideways) the line of the brow, carried tothe back of the head with the line of the nostril, gave theposition of the ear. This is a valuable little key to the quick placing of thefeatures. In a word, it helps with the perspective of features.60 Head^ Face^ Features^ Hair The unpractised artist is very prone to devote too muchspace to the face and too little to the head.
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Fig. 24. The Head and Face We all know that babies have abnormally large heads •that childrens heads are large in comparison with their 61 Drawing for Beginners bodies ; that only the adults head and body balance in nice proportion—that is, the head is neither too large nor too small for the body. But the face never occupies the entire space of the head, as young artists often seem to imagine that it does. Look at the size of the crown of the head, at the back and the sides thereof, and do not spread the forehead right up to the crest of the head. Note also the beautiful balance of the head on the neck, the neck on the shoulders. The indenting curve at the base of the skull is not level with the jaw—but see !—it is a little below the level of the ear and on a line with the nostril. The neck is full of interesting drawing. There is the full curve of the throat, and the shorter and stronger l3 ^ S <2 ^ curve from the base of the back ^ ^ of the skull to the nape of the neck a

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