For exercise, block in some of the other figures according to the manner shown in Fig. i, 2 and 3.
Fig. 3 was drawn with blocking-in lines and Fig. 4 without them. Which looks the better?
Young Americans, on the average, take naturally to action and humor, rather than to mere form for form's sake. They are more apt to take to the practical side of things than the sentimental. It should be the endeavor of the teacher to arouse interest in the subject, even though the ideal and the beautiful be subjected to temporary obscurity.
For exercise draw parts of the figures and arrange the figures in different poses.
Blocking-in is as necessary for comic drawing as any other. The upper right-hand head was drawn without blocking-in. Note the difference.
The comic figure of the policeman (Fig. 20) is an instance of head and feet distortion. The body and hands being nearly normal in their proportions.
Sections
- Action Drawing
- Advice To Teachers
- Beginners Instructions
- Blocking In
- Clay Modeling
- Copying By Triangulation
- Decorative Ornamental Art
- Drawing From Nature
- Early Exercises
- Elementary Lines
- Elementary Perspective
- Expression Emotion
- Foreshortening
- Geometrical Form
- How To Draw Animals
- How To Draw Cartoons
- How To Draw Charcoal Crayon
- How To Draw Flowers
- How To Draw Women Men Children
- Lettering
- Light And Shade
- Materials For Drawing
- Models Measurements Proportions
- Outlines For Beginners
- Paper Folding Cutting
- Pen And Ink Drawing
- Principles Of Composition
- Simple Story Pictures
- Solid Black Effects
- Stimulating Imagination
- Tracing Transferring
- Two Handed Exercises