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I don't mean the edge of the paper.
For example, in the line drawing above of the two girls, the actual "line" drawn between them "disappears" in places - THE EYE CAN'T SEE THEM BUT THE BRAIN FILLS THEM IN. Other little places in this drawing are similar but may be hard to see in this post. The "found" edges here are in sharp contrast the background.
The 1726 Enoch Seeman portrait of Isaac Newton below may be a clearer example because it is so very easy to see:
The back of his coat is "lost" into the background. The edge of the face on the right is "lost" into the hair. Part of the light of the face is on the left is "lost" into the hair on the left. Many other little edges (too numerous to mention) get "lost" in this drawing.
A couple of examples of the "found" edges here are: The dark front edge of his coat and the lower part of his hair on the right is "found" next to the background, i.e., are in sharper contrast and thereby separated.
"Lost and found edges" are a wonderful way to unify a drawing or painting.
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