After this, by aid of his mirror, he studied the general character of the pose for nearly half an hour.
Then, with a few strokes of his charcoal he laid off his larger construction lines with a freedom and a precision that were excellent.
Upon these lines he made a second drawing a little more detailed, though as yet everything was blocked in, angularly and roughly.

Then, putting a thin flat edge upon his charcoal, he started the careful and finished outline.
By the end of an hour the first sketch of his drawing was complete.

It was astonishingly good, vigorous and solid; better than all, it had that feeling for form that makes just the difference between the amateur and the genuine artist.
By this time Vandover's interest began to flag.

Four times he had drawn and redrawn the articulation of the model's left shoulder.

As she stood, turned sideways to him, one hand on her hip, the deltoid muscle was at once contracted and foreshortened.