. Drawing and painting self-taught . Fig. 15.—From sketch by Raphael (1483-1520). 28 DRAWING AND PAINTING SELF-TAUGHT hundreds of sketches you should make in from one to five or tenminutes each. Later work may be upon cheap white drawingpaper such as is used in the public schools. This should be 12 x 18inches, and fastened upon a board of the same size by a thumbtack in each corner. 49. Pencils.—Provide the six soft pencils B, up to and in-cluding 6 B, also the medium grades H, B and F; and the hardpencils H, 2H, and 4 H. You will need this variety when youbegin to make pencil paintings of lig
. Drawing and painting self-taught . Fig. 15.—From sketch by Raphael (1483-1520). 28 DRAWING AND PAINTING SELF-TAUGHT hundreds of sketches you should make in from one to five or tenminutes each. Later work may be upon cheap white drawingpaper such as is used in the public schools. This should be 12 x 18inches, and fastened upon a board of the same size by a thumbtack in each corner. 49. Pencils.—Provide the six soft pencils B, up to and in-cluding 6 B, also the medium grades H, B and F; and the hardpencils H, 2H, and 4 H. You will need this variety when youbegin to make pencil paintings of light and shade and color outline only you will not need so many soft pencils. Avoid using a short pencil unless you place it in a crayon holder. Hold the pencil as if it were a stick of charcoal with its un-sharpened end at the center of the palm of the hand, as shown byFig. Fig. 16.—From photograph. When sketching use a pencil that is hard enough to enable youto obtain the correct result without any use of the eraser. Whenyou erase from the start you prove your ignorance, and you failto get the best training or the best results. A hard pencil may be used lightly enough to make all neededcorrections without indenting the paper or getting it so blackthat you must erase in order to continue. When this conditiondoes arise do not use the eraser, but start anew on a clean pieceof paper, and avoid this condition in future by using a harderpencil or less pressure on the paper. As your vision improves you can use softer pencils, and youshould always use the softest ones that enable you to get resultswithout use of the eraser. The hard pencil, except in the pre-liminary sketching, produces a sharp mechanical line and effectwhich is not pleasing in a free-hand drawing. 50. Free Arm Movements.—Before drawing objects on paper,overcome the slow mechanical method o
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