What to draw and how to draw it Pl.49

1913

Edwin George Lutz turns portraiture into a geometric puzzle in this 1913 instructional plate, showing how to build dapper gentlemen using nothing but triangles and rectangles. By breaking complex faces down into 'Straight Lines,' he makes art accessible to absolute beginners, transforming a simple shape into a fully shaded profile step-by-step. This analytical approach to drawing was highly influential; a young Walt Disney famously checked out Lutz’s books from the Kansas City Public Library to learn the foundations of animation and character design.

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