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Most children draw and paint their subjects as outlines in their most basic forms.
The thickness of the lines are solid but, in reality, lines vary in thickness and intensity. Learning to emphasis or break lines of your subject depends on how the light hits your subject and is often easiest to initially understand in black and white. The light is shining directly on this area of the feather. The lines are lighter than any other area of the picture and even non-existent where the light is strongest. Notice that the lines become stronger and less broken as the subject recedes from the light.