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DRAWING FROM LINE TO LIFE



WORKING WITH PHOTOGRAPHS — Chapter 10 — sample page

Working with, and not from, photographs details using photos as source material, how to avoid problems, how to use photographic distortion to your advantage, how not to become a slave to photographs, and to learn to not copy but interpret, and more...

Working from photographs - using photos as source material, how to avoid problems, and how to use photographic distortion to your advantage
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Section 1: Foreword Introduction Tools Line drawing Tone drawing Erasing Blending Indenting Live Demo 1
Section 2: Fooling brain 1
Work from photos
Negative drawing Perspective Light & Shade Fooling brain 2 Transfer methods Preparation Live Demo 2
Section 3: Drawing Ellipses Drawing Textures Drawing Reflections Drawing Foliage Drawing Hair Drawing Features
Section 4: Step-by-step Demo Index
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