Modelling; a guide for teachers and students . ^ H C H O Modelling 169 planes the movement of the forms, having for guide ananatomical knowledge which will be controlled by the drawingin obtaining both form and volume, and by drawing alsoseek the sections of all the parts of the body, then therelation of the importance of the lights, shades and half-tones ; doing this by continually changing the light. Thuswill be obtained first the envelope and its simplification, andat last the style which is the result of the observation ofthe typical points of the individual subject. By accentuatingthese p
Modelling; a guide for teachers and students . ^ H C H O Modelling 169 planes the movement of the forms, having for guide ananatomical knowledge which will be controlled by the drawingin obtaining both form and volume, and by drawing alsoseek the sections of all the parts of the body, then therelation of the importance of the lights, shades and half-tones ; doing this by continually changing the light. Thuswill be obtained first the envelope and its simplification, andat last the style which is the result of the observation ofthe typical points of the individual subject. By accentuatingthese points with understanding, tact and delicacy, the essenceof the character will be given, and it is drawing alone whichwill allow of these qualities being obtained, qualities whichare of the utmost importance in a work of art ; all theothers are but a necessary preparation for the realisation ofthese. I say, then, to the students of sculpture : you cannot havetoo great a knowledge of drawing, for it is the principalfoundation, even more so than
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