. Drawing for beginners . at is the specialdifficulty that perplexes your mind ? Does your drawinglook out of proportion ? Is it too bulky for its height, tooshort, too thin, or too tall ? Then we will measure one part against another part. Perhaps it seems to you that the object or objects in yourdrawing are falling forward or inclining backward. Then we will apply a plumb-line. If you have embarked on an ambitious subject such as thedrawing of a house, or a street, and you cannot make itlook right— It wont go back, or (equally possible) Itwont come forward —then we must delve into the myster
. Drawing for beginners . at is the specialdifficulty that perplexes your mind ? Does your drawinglook out of proportion ? Is it too bulky for its height, tooshort, too thin, or too tall ? Then we will measure one part against another part. Perhaps it seems to you that the object or objects in yourdrawing are falling forward or inclining backward. Then we will apply a plumb-line. If you have embarked on an ambitious subject such as thedrawing of a house, or a street, and you cannot make itlook right— It wont go back, or (equally possible) Itwont come forward —then we must delve into the mysteriesof perspective and apply common sense and plain argument. Perspective is sometimes called the grammar of art because114 Measuring and Perspective it assists us to draw correctly, as the grammar of a languagehelps us to speak and write correctly. In the first place let us consider proportions. If you are sitting at your work, lean back in your chair andface the object that you are drawing, and hold a pencil or ruler. loitfr * Pencil Fig. 44 up at arms length and level with your eyes. Close one eyeand measure from one end of the ruler, or pencil, to the thumb,then swing the hand—still at arms length—and comparethe measurement with another portion of the same object. Look at your drawing. Compare the same proportions in your drawing. The pro-portions must agree. Let us presume that you are drawing a simple subject suchas a small basket and you are in doubt as to whether thedepth of your drawing of the basket is too great for its width, 115 Drawing for Beginners Hold your pencil at arms length and mark the depth withyour thumb. Swivel your wrist, keeping your thumb in thesame position on the pei;icil, and place it in mid-air on theoutside edge of the basket, measuring the width and counting : once, then shifting, twice, again shifting, thrice (probably not quite three times). Drop your arm and look at your drawing. Measure the depth of the basket itself with your fingera
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