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OpenStudy (anonymous):

When creating this drawing, the artist recognized the basic shapes in this figure in order to A. confuse the eye, making it difficult to draw. B. record the various parts of the body accurately C. create a change in value D. ignore proportion and record the shape

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wat drawing?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (praxer):

basic shapes basically helps in recognizing the body parts accurately as it provides us knowledge of shadow effect on various basic shapes which we can combine in a art piece which will help to put the perfect shade. Reference. If we learn the basic shape study than we shall also have knowledge of drawing the various body parts. This is basically an extension of the biological mechanics which work on the physics and math of human organ. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomechanics

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so it is D

OpenStudy (praxer):

B. i.e to record the various body parts accurately. In portrait or human art it is necessary to maintain the shape accurately. A slight misshape results in a different face, different art. :)

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