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Article · Royal Drawing School
Teaching resource: Symbolism
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
A two-part teaching resource from a London drawing school: first recreate a Renaissance painting that uses symbolism to give certain figures prominence, then redo the same composition substituting personally meaningful symbols (flags, clothing, people) to build a private visual language.
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