The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques

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shown in situation. Staying with example 2,
we can see how the tiles on the lower part
of the building are demonstrated by a series
of horizontal lines that run parallel to each
other. These are then broken up by a series
of diagonal lines that follow and imitate the
pitch of the roof. Finally, the doors and
windows are filled in with vertical lines. The
lines on the door give the impression of
wood and the lines on the window give the
impression of the reflection of the glass.


3/ In these illustrations we see that we have
a variety of marks that imply different types
of vegetation. Such as scrub type bushes
and two different type of foliage. We also
have different marks for the trunks of the
trees.

The drawing in the below example relies
on tone, and the texture is made using the
rough surface of the paper.

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