... the figure. Figure 6.23 Light and shadow create shapes on the figure. Figure 6.24 The contrast is increased in the figure toshow clearly the shapes of the light side and the darkside.112 Figure ... drawing, often the artist will want to repre-sent the figure as a three-dimen-sional element of the picture.Compositionally, this means thatthe drawing will take into accountthe effects of ... qualities of a figure are visu-ally very powerful—sometimesmore powerful than the silhouetteof the figure itself, depending onthe harshness of the light. In Figure 6.24, I increased the con-trast...