According to [[wp>Andrew Loomis]], in any succesful drawing, attention must be given to five P's and five C's((Successful Drawing, ISBN13: 9780857687616, pages 18 and 19)) 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