Page:The practical sketcher; a complete and practical method of sketching, for women's, misses', junior's, children's and infant's garments.djvu/29

Rh A WORD ABOUT SKIRT SKETCHING IN ALL DIFFERENT VIEWS

In sketching skirt foundations for different views, it will be necessary to remember that skirts may be sketched in 4 different views; front view, right hand view, left hand view, and back view. Each of these is placed on one particular foundation as shown on page 23. It is therefore necessary for the student to remember the different details in changing the actions for each different view.

The front flat view, which is the very first, is begun with the waist part which is equally divided in 4 equal sections, from 1 to 5, 5 to X, X to 6, and 6 to 3 which are equal proportions at the rate of ½ inch each as the entire space from 1 to 3 is 2 inches. The hip is continued as shown on diagram The right hand side view is altogether different than the front view showing the waist action entirely towards the right hand side. The beginning of waist is at the edge line at 1. The side seam is ⅛ of an inch in from the one half of diagram from X to 11.

The left hand side view is just the opposite direction of the right hand side view, which is the reason of operating on the same with the opposite directions, but the action and amount in space is all the same as the right hand side view. The back view is a trifle similar to the beginning part of the flat front view with the understanding that the waist is equally divided into 4 equal parts of the entire foundation, from 1 to 9, 9 to 5; 5 to 7, and 7 to 3, The space at the bottom from 4 to 8 is ¼ of an inch decrease and from 2 to 10, at the right hand side is ½ inch increase and connected towards 11 up to 9.