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2. The Tip of the Pencil

The Elements of Drawing by Oxford University

Mar 24, 20115:51Education

Lesson 1. We use line to define spaces and things. It is not a question of magically getting the line right first time, but of first turning a contour into a line, and then systematically correcting that line until it lo...

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2. The Tip of the Pencil is an episode from The Elements of Drawing by Oxford University. Lesson 1. We use line to define spaces and things. It is not a question of magically getting the line right first time, but of first turning a contour...

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