Study the straw hat with high crown, and turn-up brim. Note the three planes to fit the head. See how the straw fits around the high crown and brim and how the cross lines of the straw are indicated on the dark side. They take the direction of the curve of the hat.

A flat, round crown forms an ellipse. When a hat is viewed from above, one sees much of the brim and crown. This hat is bound on the edge. Where the brim turns up, the width of the binding is lost. The band follows the crown.

As said before in Lesson XIII, the hat must be so placed on the head as to give a stylish effect. Refer to this lesson when drawing hats. When drawing a hat, have some decided turns on it, not points exactly, but a change of direction which will keep the hat from looking like a tin pan. When drawing a black hat, be sure to have white lines separating its parts. A hat made solid black will look larger than

when outlined, as the line of the edge becomes part of the hat. A hard, shiny surface, like beaver, will show a decided high light in a given place. This high light takes the shape of the hat. Study carefully the way other artists treat hats and feathers. When placing a hat on another

head, use one facing the same way. Use a profile hat for a profile head, etc. You can use any picture facing the other way by reversing it in a looking glass.

If you succeeded with the lesson on pen and ink, to ink in these feathers will be very interesting.

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Fashion Drawing Sections

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