Frank Reilly Drawing Method - Pdf

Maya changed her search. Instead of hunting for a pirate copy, she typed: and "frank reilly abstract light and shadow."

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The world opened up.

She found a blog by a living illustrator who had studied under a student of Reilly's. The illustrator had written a 3-part series—free, clean, and illustrated—about the Reilly rhythm lines for the figure. Maya changed her search

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But she got something better. She got understanding . She opened her sketchbook, drew a circle for the head, and added the Reilly abstraction—the centerline, the eye line, the sweeping curve of the cheek. She shaded the 5-value system. For the first time, the head on her page looked like it occupied space.