. Augsburg's drawing, book 2. height and width lines, asin Fig. 3. By character is meant all the higher qualities, such as feeling,expression, action, likeness, life, spirit—qualities that are ab-sorbed rather than taught. Place and size are the letter, andcharacter is the spirit. We can teach the letter, but while teach-ing it the spirit should be absorbed through example, practice, andgeneral In Fig. 11 the I)alls are of the same size, but in diiferent places ;that i*, different distances away. Ball A is drawn larger than BallB, because it is nearer. Ball D is drawn smaller tha
. Augsburg's drawing, book 2. height and width lines, asin Fig. 3. By character is meant all the higher qualities, such as feeling,expression, action, likeness, life, spirit—qualities that are ab-sorbed rather than taught. Place and size are the letter, andcharacter is the spirit. We can teach the letter, but while teach-ing it the spirit should be absorbed through example, practice, andgeneral In Fig. 11 the I)alls are of the same size, but in diiferent places ;that i*, different distances away. Ball A is drawn larger than BallB, because it is nearer. Ball D is drawn smaller than Ball Abecause farther away. Balls C, E, and Fare drawn the same sizebecause they are the same distance away — are on the same hori-zontal line. Observe in Fig. 11 that the higher up in the picture the object,the farther it appears away. The Judgment.— In drawing, the position and size of theobject should be based on the judgment. If mechanical devices,such as the laws of perspective and comparison are used, theyshould always be subordinated to this judgment. The drawing isto he judged hy its looks. If it looks right to the draughtsman, it isto be taken for granted that it is right; and so far as he is con- AUGSBURGS DRAWING. 23 cerned, this is so, until he reaches a higher level — until his idealshows him that it is wrono^. Z^^^.
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