Model Drawing. Drawing from the Cast Composition of Line.

(12 Lectures, 2nd Term.)

Model Drawing.—Position of the model with reference to the Student. Line of Direction and Picture Plane. Facts connected with vision. Education of the eye.

Means for determining the direction of a line, and its angle with another—plumb line and level.

Conditions under which parallel lines appear parallel. Convergance of parallel lines, whether horizontal, ascending, or descending.

The geometry of solids. Method of building up a model drawing. Measuring the apparent length of lines and surfaces. Model drawing and its relation to Landscape.

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Circular Models. Foreshortening of circles at the same or different levels on a common axis, when vertical, horizontal, or inclined. Cylinders, vases, &c.

Drawing from the Cast—compared with drawing from flat examples, and from models.

Relief. Position of the eye with reference to the cast. Importance of keeping the same position during the progress of a drawing from a cast in high relief—how this may be done.

Relation of one part to the other. Difference between model drawing and drawing from the cast in this respect.

Examples of ornament and figure work.

Composition of Line—illustrated by natural objects. Contrast. Conventional ornament. Grouping of forms and the arrangement of lines in design. Radiation of line. Drapery. Panels from the Ghiberti Gates.