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CHAPTER 1 ALL ABOUT LINES

I think a lot about lines. For a line-focused artist, lines are fundamental to creating quick sketches that communicate objects and ideas effectively. Lines, however, are merely concepts and do not exist in real life. I have never observed a no zero-thickness object bounding another object. A line is merely a concept that represents the limits of what you can see of an object in view. Understanding this idea will help you, as the artist, decide where to put a line in your drawing and how thick or thin to make the line while sketching objects.

Line Weight

Lines in drawings have key characteristics that make them ...

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