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Identifier: drawingpaintings00cros (find matches)
Title: Drawing and painting self-taught
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Cross, Anson K. (Anson Kent), 1862-1944 Cross, Evelyn F. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Drawing Painting
Publisher: Winthrop, Mass., A. K. Cross
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ort distance of the painters station-point. As distanceis needed to appreciate tone, color, and effect, it is importantto select a station-point that is not too near the subject. 163. The VP. Moves With the Eye.—Now place the sightexactly opposite points 1 of the model and memorize this ap-pearance. When the drawing on the Glass covers the objectperfectly, continue the lines that represent the retreating edges,and they will meet at point 1, and thus illustrate how the VP.(C.V.) moves as the eye moves, always being on the eye level andexactly opposite the eye. Repeat this drawing on paper as youhave the others. See Fig. 44. 164. Theory Proven on Glass.—Now apply this theory bymaking a drawing on the Glass instrumentally and to scale, rep-resenting the model as it will appear when the eye is oppositepoint 2 of the model. Place the eyepiece in line with sights 2and make the drawing. Hold the Glass as before to see if thedrawing will cover the object. If the farther square is not made
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92 DRAWING AND PAINTING SELF-TAUGHT too small you may vary the distance of the eyepiece from themodel and finalty find a distance from which the drawing willcover the object. I wish you to assume the distance of the eye,and experiment until a SP. is found which causes the drawing toagree with tjie appearance, in order that you may understandhow the appearance varies with the distance. Transfer thisdrawing to paper as you have the others. In the same way make drawings to scale on the Glass represent-ing the model as it will appear when the eye is opposite points3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Test each by observation through the eye-piece, when placed exactly opposite the given pair of sights.Thus you will prove how perfectly the theory enables you todraw the object from any given position opposite its front face.Transfer each drawing to paper and write neatly the statementof each problem. 165. One-Point or Parallel Perspective.—The above draw-ings are in one-point perspective, and prove the ru

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