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Sketch Every Damn Day
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Sketch Every Damn Day

by Spencer Nugent
December 2024
Beginner to intermediate
296 pages
9h 9m
English
Rocky Nook
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CHAPTER 6THE EXPRESSIVE POWER OF LINES

Lines express a multitude of things. At their simplest, lines are the limit of what you can see from a particular viewpoint. When drawing a table, for example, you can draw the outline of the table as well as any details on the table. Those lines are symbolic representations of the ridges in the wood grain or the shape of the table. They represent the limits of what you can see—but they can also convey a lot more.

For example, lines can have different weights: The outline of an object might be thicker than the lines inside the silhouette of the object you’ve sketched. This hierarchy in line weight ...

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ISBN: 9798888141465