Semantics of Line Drawings

Jocelyn Ireson-Paine

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Some lines denote shadow or darkness

The shadow of the boy on the left is made up of cross-hatched lines. The master's black gown is mainly creases on closely-spaced vertical lines.

From The Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1926.