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    "***\n",
    "Art\n",
    "***"
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    "Be Mindful\n",
    "##########\n",
    "\n",
    "- Seeing comes first.\n",
    "- Knowledge comes second.\n",
    "- When rules and knowledge conflict with seeing, forget the rules and draw what\n",
    "  you see.\n",
    "\n",
    ":cite:`dodson1990keys` should be attempted together with\n",
    ":cite:`vilppu1997vilppu,nicolaides1941natural,loomis1939fun,bargue2017charles`.\n",
    "Each of these authors focus on a different facet of drawing.\n",
    "\n",
    ":cite:`dodson2006keys` should be attempted after completing the above."
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    "Daily Exercises\n",
    "###############\n",
    "\n",
    "Eventually these exercises will blend together and become second nature.\n",
    "\n",
    "Contouring - Drawing Blind\n",
    "==========================\n",
    "\n",
    "Look at an object and draw without looking at your paper.  This exercise trains\n",
    "hand-eye coordination and accuracy.  Do not erase any mistakes; instead restate\n",
    "them i.e. draw the more accurate line alongside those mistakes.\n",
    "\n",
    "Gesture - Look, Hold, Draw, Repeat\n",
    "==================================\n",
    "\n",
    "Draw from memory by looking at the model and then drawing what you remember.\n",
    "Never copy the model; analyze it and focus on the action.\n",
    "\n",
    "Cast Drawing and Modeling\n",
    "=========================\n",
    "\n",
    "Find a vertical reference line on the model that intersects important\n",
    "landmark features.  If possible, find a series of non-vertical lines that\n",
    "bisects the reference line and some landmark features.  These landmarks help\n",
    "frame the lines, angles, and distances.\n",
    "\n",
    "Bound the object of interest by marking the points at the extremes (e.g. convex\n",
    "polygon, box).  Approximate all curves with a series of straight lines.\n",
    "Focus on the large forms first and recursively work towards the smaller\n",
    "details.\n",
    "\n",
    "When modeling values, fill in the darkest shadows first.  Then half-tones, and\n",
    "finally areas in averaged light.\n",
    "\n",
    "Apply the sight-size technique to your drawing.  Look at it side-by-side to the\n",
    "object (at some plane), upside-down, sideways, and in the mirror."
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    ".. rubric:: References\n",
    "\n",
    ".. bibliography:: refs.bib"
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