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BUILDING A DRAWING

Adding Details
The final stage in the building of a drawing is the addition of
those details that help us identify the various elements of an
object or scene. It is through these details that we sense and
communicate the inherent qualities of a subject or uniqueness
of a place. T smaller parts and details of a drawing must join
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in a way that further explains the whole.

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etails must be placed within astructured
pattern to make sense. This structure
provides aframework for aparticular area
or feature to be worked on in greater detail
and more elaborately.
• At the same t ime, adrawing needs
contrast with areas of little or no detail. By
this contrast. those areas with detail will
naturally be given more emphasis.
• Remember to be selective. We can never
include ever:J detail in a drawing. Some
editing is necessary as we attempt to
communicate particular qualities of form
and space, and this often means tolerating
adegree of incompleteness.
• The ver:J incompleteness of adrawn image
involves and invites the viewer to
participate in its completion. Even our
perception of optical reality is usually
incomplete, being edited by the knowledge
we bringto the act of seeing and our
momentary needs and concerns.

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