. Augsburg's drawing, book 2. It. The Drawing of Trees.— The (i-iot and quickest way o)representing trees is as follows : 1. ^Vith a soft, blunt pencil nuuk in the mass of the tree Ufin Fig. l(j, 26 AUGSBURGS DRAWING. 2. Then with a shorter stroke mark in the branches, soften-ing the edges and aiming to show the general character of the out-line, as in Fig. 17. Work from the center outward. The center of the tree is the trunk. Wlien drawing trees^ thefoliage and branches should spring from the trunk center outwardand upward, as in Fig. 17. This is one of the most importantlaws of foliage repre
. Augsburg's drawing, book 2. It. The Drawing of Trees.— The (i-iot and quickest way o)representing trees is as follows : 1. ^Vith a soft, blunt pencil nuuk in the mass of the tree Ufin Fig. l(j, 26 AUGSBURGS DRAWING. 2. Then with a shorter stroke mark in the branches, soften-ing the edges and aiming to show the general character of the out-line, as in Fig. 17. Work from the center outward. The center of the tree is the trunk. Wlien drawing trees^ thefoliage and branches should spring from the trunk center outwardand upward, as in Fig. 17. This is one of the most importantlaws of foliage representation and should be followed, or the unityof the tree will be destroyed and it will look like a heaj) ofrubbish. In drawing, distance lessens (1) the size of the object; (2)the distinctness of the object; (3) the number of details seen inthe object. The fiirther away an object, the smaller it is drawn,the lighter the line used in representing it, and the less the detailsshow. Observe this in all these drawings, and then obs
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