Chapter 4
“Giulio, you must look very carefully. Don't think of it as a ship. See it as a set of lines, shapes and spaces. Start from the outline and then little by little add the details. You've certainly chosen an extremely difficult subject to start with!”
His shrill silvery laugh fills me with joy.
Patiently pointing with my finger at each single curve he must draw I manage to get him to sketch the shape. He would immediately like to rush off to show his aunt his work but I convince him that he should stay with me.
“Wait! The drawing's not finished... Don't you think it looks a bit flat? Let's try and put in some shading.”
“What's shading?”
I can't help but smile. “It's necessary to give volume, to make it seem real. With shading, the hull will look round and the sails fill with
