BASIC FORMS
THE SIX BASIC FORMS
These six basic forms and their modifications and combinations make up everything that we draw: planes, boxes, cylinders, spheres, pyramids, and cones. We’ll go through them one by one in this chapter, but first we’ll look at some principles of working with forms.
PUTTING THEM TOGETHER
Understanding how to construct and manipulate these six forms helps us to sketch more complex forms. Practicing with these basic forms also helps us think three-dimensionally instead of just in flat images. For example, learning ...
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