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evan

December 04, 2008 11:44 PM

Why are artists always depicted as holding their thumb up to the subject of their painting?

You always see images of artists holding their thumb up and closing one eye. Are they somehow trying to get proportions correct for their painting? If so, why do they never seem to hold their thumb up to the painting for reference?

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eliot

December 04, 2008 11:49 PM

They're measuring proportions http://drawsketch.about.com/cs/figuredrawing/a/fig_proportion_2.htm
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