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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 content levelBeginner
160 pages
6h 20m
English
Rockport Publishers
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The triangle theme is repeated with
variations in the background, and for novelty,
curvilinear lines are formed by tree branches
and by two figures who quietly emerge from
behind. These components contrast eec-
tively with the almost mechanical rendering
of the shooter, creating an interesting and
suspense-filled composition.
In designing an image, Austin Briggs pointed out, the artist has three
possible ways to handle the various pictorial elements. One could
take a shape and repeat ...
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ISBN: 9781631591228