Pen Drawing - An Illustrated Treatise by Charles Maginnis
page 34 of 66 (51%)
page 34 of 66 (51%)
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tone resulting from the rendering of form and of direct shadow,
without any local color. This may be seen in the Vierge drawing, Fig. 33. Observe in this, as a consequence, how brilliantly the tiny black counts in the little figure in the centre. Notice, too, in the drawing of the soldiers by Jeanniot, Fig. 34, that there is very little black; and yet see how brilliant is the effect, owing largely to the figures being permitted to stand out against a white ground in which nothing is indicated but the sky-line of the large building in the distance. [Illustration: FIG. 32 L. RAVEN HILL] [Illustration: FIG. 33 DANIEL VIERGE] [Illustration: FIG. 34 P. G. JEANNIOT] CHAPTER V PRACTICAL PROBLEMS I have thought it advisable in this chapter to select, and to work out in some detail, a few actual problems in illustration, so as to familiarize the student with the practical application of some of the principles previously laid down. [Illustration: FIG. 35 FROM A PHOTOGRAPH] |
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