35 Seeing and Drawing the Figure in Space

Isn’t this a beauty! Of course, you’d have to go out of your way to draw something so third dimensionally screwed up. Even a non-artist could come closer to reality than that, because a box is a relatively simple form. A box takes place in space, and as we draw it, it’s easy to think of it as occupying space, especially with the help of some elementary perspective.

The human (or animal) shape exists also in space, and though much more complicated, the idea of it displacing space is the same. However, quite ...

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