Life Drawing and Figure Art

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THERE ARE SEVEN PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF LINE

To convey its own intrinsic beauty.
To divide or limit an area or space.
To delineate a thought or symbol.
To define form by edge or contour.
To calch and direct the eye…

The Form Principle is the rendering of form as to its aspect at any given moment with regard to its lighting, its structure and texture, together with its true relationship to its environment.

My purpose is to present what, in my experience, have proved to be the fundamentals of illustration. To the best of my belief, such fundamentals have not been organized and set forth before. So I have attempted to assemble this much-needed information, trusting that my own efforts in the active fields of illustration qualify me to do so. I shall try to make clear the fundamentals that apply to the whole pictorial effort rather than to specific draftsmanship of the figure or other units. I shall assume that you can already draw with considerable ability and have some background of experience or training.

Creative Illustration
Andrew Loomis