Continuing with lessons from Andrew Loomis's "Successful Drawing," here are the 5 C's to consider when drawing:
1. Conception—before beginning to draw, close your eyes and see what you want to draw. Thumbnail what you see.
2. Construction—gather your thumbnails, sketches and reference material. Establish the volume, bulk, mass of your object(s). Determine your drawing's point of view and perspective.
3. Contour—the outer edges of your forms.
4. Character—the quality that distinguishes one thing from another. Uniqueness. Loomis: "Real presentation of character lifts the artist to the top of his profession."
5. Consistency—the truth as recognized by a viewer's intelligent perception. Also, it's the handling of all of the drawing elements. Harmony. Unity.
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