Sketch Book for the Artist

MOVEMENTS OF THE FOOT

HANDS

AND

FEET

Flat Stance

Raised Heel

Instep

3

Use an eraser to refine decisions or to

suggest areas of light. It can be a mistake,

however, to remove too many early lines; these

are what give a drawing its tangible structure,

depth, and spontaneity.

2

Now imagine you are carving the foot

inside the paper, as though out of wood.

Hew it roughly in broad, flattened planes,

as if with a chisel. Look for key angles without

becoming distracted by detail.

1

Let your first marks be light, loose, and

rapid. Leave aside all detail, and don't

worry about accuracy to begin with. Try to

express the whole foot and to encapsulate its

entire shape and direction in a few marks.