Drawing Course Pl.06
1867
Before you can paint a masterpiece, you have to learn to see, and this 1867 lithograph was the ultimate cheat code for art students. Created by Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme, this plate from the famous 'Cours de dessin' breaks down complex 3D shapes into simple steps. On the left, you see the skeletal wireframe outlines with construction lines, while the right side shows the fully shaded, volumetric versions. It looks like a geometry lesson, but this specific book was so influential that a young Vincent van Gogh used it to teach himself how to draw, copying these very plates over and over again in his early years.
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