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Cardboard Cutout for Reference

Cardboard Cutout for Reference

James Warhola posing for an Etruscan musician

Heres a tip when you need a quick prop for your model to interact with, but you dont have time to build an elaborate replica. Just draw the shape of it on the surface of a piece of cardboard and cut out what you need. At least that gives the model something three dimensional to hold, and you dont have to make up the whole thing.

It works for a lot of things—instruments, guns, shields, furniture, windows. It only takes a couple of minutes to build, and its recyclable when youre done.

The full illustration appears in the June, 1988 issue of National Geographic, in the story "The Eternal Etruscans" or on the History and Science section of my website.
It also appears in my book Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesnt Exist

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