Fig. 31.
| “There are more ways than one of telling things: by speech, by writing, by printing, also by pictures and drawings.” Knowles | ||
ELECTRA.
Preliminary Terms and Definitions.
Like all the arts, drawing has a nomenclature of its own, and nothing can be more helpful to the beginner than to know the name of things relating to the art of drawing. This is a language almost peculiar to itself, and used daily and hourly by many thousands of superintendents, foremen and master mechanics, as well as by owners, designers and draughtsmen, hence its introduction at this early stage.
ALTITUDE.—This is the elevation of an object above its base, or the perpendicular distance between the top and bottom of a figure.
Fig. 33.