Rhythm In Drawing
Hello everyone, I welcome you all on blossomyLeaf again! Today, I want to talk about the "Rhythm" in a drawing. The feeling of Rhythm is of tremendous importance in figure drawing. Unfortunately it is one of the easiest things to miss. In music we feel tempo and rhythm. In drawing it is much the same. Considered technically, Rhythm is the flow of continuous line resulting in a sense of unity and grace. We call a rhythmic emphasis on a line or contour picking up. The line of an edge observed across the form, will be picked up and continued to and along other contours. The next few drawings may serve as examples. Look for this phenomenon of rhythmic lines, and you will find its beauty in all natural forms- in animals, leaves, grasses, flowers, sea shells and in the human figure. We are conscious of the rhythm that pulses through the universe- beginning with the atom and ending with the stars. Rhythm suggests repetition, flow cycles, waves and all are related to a unifie...