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Picasso and Matisse used similar technique.

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  Humans were thinking properly before they explored how to think. Similarly, humans were already logicians before they tried to become logicians.    Etienne Condillac   Genius painters used proper techniques before exploring how to paint. Here is a drawing by Picasso whose production method can be analyzed.     Picasso Variant of Head of a Young Girl III (2nd supplementary plate) from the illustrated book Non Vouloir, 1942      arc-circle model The largest blue-green circle forms the hair on both sides, the bridge of the nose, and runs across the top and bottom edges of the screen. The second largest red circle forms the left cheek and shoulder. The orange circles that make up the eyebrows and both jaws, which are the most numerous, are tightly organized into a mesh pattern. The fourth green circle forming the eyes and mouth intersects in a spiral. It is easy to see that it is ...