What to draw and how to draw it

INSTRUCTIONS

Reading edition

In drawing from this book, copy the last diagram, or finished picture, of the particular series before you.

The other diagrams—beginning with number one, then number two, and so on—show how to go on with your drawing. They give the order in which to make the various strokes of the pencil that together form the completed picture. The dotted lines indicate where light lines are drawn that help in construction—that is; getting proportions correctly, outlining the general form, or marking details in their proper places. Do not press hard on the pencil in making these construction lines, then they can be erased afterwards.

Use pencil compasses for the circles, or mark them off with buttons or disks.

MARK 5 POINTS AT EQUAL DISTANCES ON A CIRCLE DRAW THIS LINE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THE NEXT IN THIS WAY AND SO ON TO THE LAST -—-—-— E.G.L. WITH PRACTISE THE AID OF CIRCLE AND POINTS WILL NOT BE NEEDED

To Draw a Five-Pointed Star

Cat IN BRIGHT DAYLIGHT PUPILS OF EYES ARE LIKE THIS Things to notice when drawing a cat’s face SHAPE OF EARS EYES WIDE APART A FEW LONG HAIRS ABOVE EYES EYES—PUPILS CHANGE IN SIZE AND SHAPE TIGER-LIKE MARKINGS AROUND EYES LONG WHISKERS MAKE AN OUTLINE THE SAME WAY AS ABOVE

CURIOUS FISHES 1 Cow Fish 2 Moon Fish 3 Angel Fish 4 Trunk Fish

FIRST DRAW A TRIANGLE WITH SIDES EQUAL Horse

Magpie Heron Birds made with Straight Lines Stilt Adjutant

Giraffe and Camel Straight Line Drawings

Expressions Lightly drawn lines like above will help in making sketches

Round Figures To draw these figures, first make circles as shown in A1. & B1.

Making an Oval with the Compasses DRAW TWO LINES CROSSING AT RIGHT ANGLES WITH A AS CENTER DESCRIBE CIRCLE WITH DIAMETER WIDTH OF OVAL WANTED FROM B and C DRAW LINES THROUGH AND BEYOND D FROM B and C AS CENTERS DESCRIBE ARCS TO E and F WITH D AS CENTER CONNECT E and F BY AN ARC COMPLETING OVAL