With the wonderful response given my earlier
efforts, I believe that through this volume I shall
be greeting many of you as old friends. The ac-
ceptance of my last book, Figure Drawing for All
It’s Worth, has encouraged me to continue, for
there is still much worth-while knowledge in the
field of illustration, beyond the actual drawing of
figures, that can be set forth. It is one tiling to
draw the figure well, but quite another to set that
figure into a convincing environment, to make it
tell a story, and to give it personality and dramatic
interest. In short, the figure means little as a good
drawing only. It must accomplish something-
sell a product, or give realism and character to a
story; its personality must so impress the beholder
that he is moved to a definite response emotion-
ally. (OCR)