Excerpt from Costume Design and Illustration<br><br>After the lengths mind of.the sleeves, waist, coat, etc., are determined, you must strive for Skill in keeping your pencil line clean and sharp. This gives the much-desired, well pressed newness to the garment. To keep this effect, beware of too rounded curves. After the Sketch is finished, some accents should be put in, in places where Shadows would naturally be; this gives added interest to sketches. From the first, observe and Work for texture. Notice how delicate, light lines express thin material better than heavy.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.