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Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School
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Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School

by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Magdalen Livesey
June 2017
Beginner
160 pages
6h 20m
English
Rockport Publishers
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Briggs began with preliminary,
exploratory sketches, done
on a beach near his home.
In sketch 1, the pose was too
impersonal and the diagonal
lines did not contribute
to a feeling of repose and
introspection. While more
engaging, sketch 2 was too
melodramatic and active. In
sketch 3, the diagonal lines
again contradict the quiet
mood Briggs was trying to
achieve. While drawing sketch
4, he realized that situating
the breakwater so as to
create a feeling of depth
would provide ...
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ISBN: 9781631591228