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Landscape, figure, domestic pictures, historical scenes—whatever the subject demanding our attention—this problem
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arises—what arrangement, plan, or movement will you give your picture?
Let us assume for the sake of argument that you wish to
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draw the single figure of a girl. We sketch her in a single position, standing with her arms to her sides, and more bulk at the head than at the base; how silly she looks—how meaning-