Modelling; a guide for teachers and students . sideview the lead-tubing for the legs will be placed in position. The armature having been given the proper movement,surround it with a certain quantity of clay and indicate boldlythe large planes, which allow of a better judgment of theirrelations. This done fix the proportions and the points for the con-struction (Fig. 86). As it is impossible to take measurements on a lion (thisbeing only possible on a dead animal), the comparativemeasurements which I give further on may be used and willbe found reliable ; they are those employed by an artist,s
Modelling; a guide for teachers and students . sideview the lead-tubing for the legs will be placed in position. The armature having been given the proper movement,surround it with a certain quantity of clay and indicate boldlythe large planes, which allow of a better judgment of theirrelations. This done fix the proportions and the points for the con-struction (Fig. 86). As it is impossible to take measurements on a lion (thisbeing only possible on a dead animal), the comparativemeasurements which I give further on may be used and willbe found reliable ; they are those employed by an artist,such as Barye, for whom this subject had no secrets. As inthe case of the horse take the head as a guide for the otherproportions. If we propose to make a lion measuring 6 feet 3 inchesfrom the tip of the nose to the root of the tail, in an attitudeof stillness, when the two front legs are close together and alsothe two hind legs, when the head and neck are almost on ahorizontal plane with the line of the back, the length of the Modellin g 125.
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