. Augsburg's drawing, book 2. Shading.— Shading may be used in connection Avith thiswork providing it is used as a means of expression— as a meansof bringing out the idea and making it plain. It is the office ofshading to help the weak — the weak side of the idea. In theseproblems those faces may he regarded as iveak that are representedhy less than four lines. The surface on which the object rests,having no lines to represent it, may be regarded as weak. In Fig. 3, face A is represented by four lines, therefore needsno shade to strengthen it. Face B is represented by only twolines, hence is r
. Augsburg's drawing, book 2. Shading.— Shading may be used in connection Avith thiswork providing it is used as a means of expression— as a meansof bringing out the idea and making it plain. It is the office ofshading to help the weak — the weak side of the idea. In theseproblems those faces may he regarded as iveak that are representedhy less than four lines. The surface on which the object rests,having no lines to represent it, may be regarded as weak. In Fig. 3, face A is represented by four lines, therefore needsno shade to strengthen it. Face B is represented by only twolines, hence is regarded as weak and is shaded. Faces C and Dare weak where they are covered by face A, hence arestrengthened with shade lines at these points. This is merelysuggestive and is not intended to limit the use of shade on ^irongfaces, if there is reason to place it there. 76 AUGSBURGS Curved faces are always weak, haviiiir <iiiy one and never morethan two lines to indicate the curvature, hence they may be shaded. Note.— See the cliapter on Wash Drawing in Boole III. for fnll directions inshading. Fig. 4 is a box with the faces marked with letters. Drawthis box and remove the faces as given in the exercises for a model a common pastel)oard box. DRILL EXERCISES. 1. Remove fjices A, C and E. 2. Remove faces A, B and E. 3. Remove faces A and I). 4. Remove faces A and F.
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