Hence the guide lines and long may they flourish.
Elementary Practice in Form. Children should be taught to control the hands before proceeding far. It is best to begin with straight lines. The next step is to draw curved lines and, from this, to proceed to draw angles, circles, squares, and other such forms and outlines until the muscles of the hand become fairly under control. The foundation of technical skill in drawing, whether with charcoal, crayon, pen and ink or pencil, depends upon the ability to make lines with correctness and dexterity. Later the pupil is taught to see form rather than the lines themselves, yet the early training of the hand is responsible for firmness and surety of touch in the future.
The Point of the Pencil. This is a very important point. The point, including the lead and wood, should be fairly long and tapering, not short and blunt, as in Fig. I, or ragged, as in Fig. 2, or too tapering, as in Fig 3. The right point is shown in Fig. 4. The lead should not be sharpened to a fine
point. By holding the pencil at an angle without turning it, making broad lines, the pencil wears away to a chisel point, as in Fig. 5. By a slight twist the angle A can be brought to play for the purpose of making a fine line. Illustrate this by making a number of broad lines, holding the pencil rigidly, and then giving the pencil a half turn.
Sections
- Action Drawing
- Advice To Teachers
- Beginners Instructions
- Blocking In
- Clay Modeling
- Copying By Triangulation
- Decorative Ornamental Art
- Drawing From Nature
- Early Exercises
- Elementary Lines
- Elementary Perspective
- Expression Emotion
- Foreshortening
- Geometrical Form
- How To Draw Animals
- How To Draw Cartoons
- How To Draw Charcoal Crayon
- How To Draw Flowers
- How To Draw Women Men Children
- Lettering
- Light And Shade
- Materials For Drawing
- Models Measurements Proportions
- Outlines For Beginners
- Paper Folding Cutting
- Pen And Ink Drawing
- Principles Of Composition
- Simple Story Pictures
- Solid Black Effects
- Stimulating Imagination
- Tracing Transferring
- Two Handed Exercises