Fig. 44 (d).
Fig. 44 (e).—A horse.
The forms of both head and trunk vary greatly. In a few drawings I have found the extreme of abstract treatment in the drawing of the trunk, viz., by means of a single line, a device which, so far as I have observed, is only resorted to in the case of the human figure for the neck and the limbs. An example of this was given above in Fig. [1] (p. 334). The following drawing of a dog by a little girl between five and six years old illustrates the same thing (Fig. 44 [(c)]).[[275]] On the other hand we see sometimes a tendency to give the trunk abnormal thickness, as if the model used had been the wooden toy-horse, as in the accompanying drawing by a boy of five (Fig. 44 [(d)]). Rectilinear instead of rounded forms occur, and the head is often triangular, these rectilinear contours being probably suggested by the teacher in his model schemes (see Fig. 44 [(e)]).
Fig. 45 (a).—A cat.
1 Whiskers; 2 Tail.
Fig. 45 (d).—Some quadruped.
Fig. 45 (b).—A bird.