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170 BUILDING AN ACTION

THIS DANCING GIRL ACTION IS DEVELOPED LIKE STACKING BUILDING BLOCKS - ONE ON TOP OF ANOTHER. THE FIRST DRAWINGS ARE RHYTHM SCRIBBLES. AFTER EACH ONE IS MADE, THE DRAWINGS ARE FLIPPED TO STUDY HOW THE ACTION IS PROGRESSING. WHEN THE SKETCHES ARE ALL ON PEGS (SEE PAGE 218), THE ACTIONS CAN BE REVISED AND RE-REVISED, LIKE CHANGING DOTS IN THE PAGES OF A FLIP BOOK. THIS GIRL'S LEG DID NOT SWING HIGH AND WIDE AT FIRST; I MADE A SERIES OF SCRIBBLES OVER THE FIRST CRUDE SKETCHES TO REVISE THE ACTION. THEN THESE ROUGHS WERE MADE OF WHAT I IMAGINED SEEING IN THESE FORMS.

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