Session 5 Foreshortening & the Figure

Foreshortening is the distortion that happens to Forms in Perspective
Perspective refers to the vantage point of the viewer

1st we will review the cylinder and ellipse/circle concept

Contour drawings of Shoes from multiple views

Hands & Gloves


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Working from a Model

Contrapposto

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