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Title: Drawing for beginners
Year: 1920 (1920s)

Dorothy Furniss  (1879–1944)
Description	artist
Date of birth/death	1879	1944
Authority file	: Q18784974 VIAF: 92987496 NLA: 35646186 Open Library: OL2371342A

Subjects: Drawing -- Study and teaching
Publisher: Pelham, N. Y. : Bridgman Publishers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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leen to touchthe knees where they bend, or hold the skirt tightly acrossthe knees, and mark it well in your mind, or on your paper,because from there we trace the lower part of the leg. Now we follow the curve of the leg, noticing the flat surfaceof the front part compared with the calf. Your Kathleenmay not have as much calf as my Kathleen. Girls have veryoften the thinnest of arms and legs, and it is a common mistaketo give too much flesh. Next we draw the feet. The boat-shape of the foot seen in profile (or sideways) is broken upwith the strap, which marks also the thickest part of the foot,the instep. From that curve it descends steeply to the rootof the toes or the curve of the shoe proper. Stout, sensibleshoes has Kathleen, and the sole and heel are easily traced,marked as they are with the shadows of the leather. Lastly, note the most important shadows and folds ; alsothe hair, neckband, cuffs, or doubled-back sleeves—just sofar as your interest carries you, but no further.88
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38 Drawing Ourselves and Others And so we have Kathleen down on paper. She deservesour thanks, and if she laughs, as she probably will, andexclaims, Oh, how queer I look in your drawing ! you cantell her that if she will only sit to us fairly often, we will

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