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.