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paag:five_p_and_five_c
According to Andrew Loomis, in any succesful drawing, attention must be given to five P's and five C's1) as he calls them.
Five P's
- Proportion, the three dimensions
- Placement, a position in space
- Perspective, relationship of viewpoint to subject
- Planes, surface appearance as defined by light and shadow
- Pattern, the deliberate arrangement of the tones on the subject
Five C's
- Conception, a rough indication of an idea
- Construction, an attempt to establish the forms from life or from basic knowledge
- Contour, the limits of forms in space, according to viewpoint
- Character, the specific qualities of individual units of your subject in light
- Consistency, all the essentials of construction, lighting, and pattern, organized as a unit
1)
Successful Drawing, ISBN13: 9780857687616, pages 18 and 19
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