Teach Yourself Visually Drawing

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Discover the Potential of Line chapter 8


In this economically drawn rendering of a reclining figure, the artist has used so few lines that you can almost count them.
However, because of their proper placement and linear accuracy, the illusion is successful. In most cases, the darker lines are
placed in areas where the artist wanted the form to emerge, but a dark accent can also be used in an area that recedes, such
as the recess of the right armpit. Contrasted with the light falling on the top of the torso, this dark accent, skillfully placed,
gives a great three-dimensionality to the form.


Reclining Nude,by Silvius Krecu, courtesy of the artist

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