>>2810355In "Fun With A Pencil", Loomis' aim is to reach people who have not and do not draw. They don't know anything.
So he says, "Hey, consider these simple shapes. Try drawing these simple shapes. Cool. Okay, now we're going to create figures and life just out of those shapes."
That's the book. It's an introductory to art that explains that art isn't draw from beginning to finished product. It's constructed like everything else. Relying on skeletal structure to hold up and mold the form to hang the refinements off of.
It isn't a difficult concept. Maybe it's just too simple.
They aren't "symbols". If you can't tell the difference between the two concepts then you are not paying attention.
Or are just making an empty thread to have people argue in. I can't tell with this board sometimes.
