![]() Just loosen up, and start drawing lines - go abstract with it. To start, don’t draw anything in particular. Recommended media: Well-sharpened but soft-leaded pencil (something on the B side of the HB scale), pen & ink, digital stylus with pressure sensitivity enabled. ![]() Consider what information you can tell from the image on the right that isn’t presented in the image on the left, though both are of the same subject, and have lines in the same places. The image to the right, however, has varied line weight. The image to the left has uniform line weight throughout the entire drawing. You can communicate a lot of information just by changing up the weight of your lines. Thicker, heavier lines have weight to them, and can suggest a more pronounced area of depth, or an area of shadow.A thin, delicate, even disappearing line might indicate a very shallow edge, like a small wrinkle in a figure’s clothing. It can also indicate that the area it is contouring is an area of highlight.You can also convey depth and form, however, as well as light and shadow, with line weight: This is a way to render 3d form without the use of shading. Continuous contour can be done while looking at one’s work, or without, in the case of blind contour.Ĭross-contour uses lines in an almost mesh-like fashion to show depth and form – like a topographical map. ![]() One is continuous contour, where a drawing is made with a single continuous line, never lifting from the page. There are a few different styles of contour drawing. All the information in the drawings is conveyed with line. The outline doesn’t refer solely to the exterior outline, such as we’d see framing a silhouette, but also to outlines of interior details, such as folds of cloth or curls of hair. The following are all contour, or linework drawings: But in this lesson, I promise, we’ll actually be able to look at what we’re doing (though if you want to go back and give the blind contour exercise another go, it’s never bad practice). In drawing, a contour refers to “an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something.” We got a little bit of practice with this when we did the blind contour exercise in lesson two. Chesterton puts it, “drawing the line somewhere.” More specifically – drawing in contour. In this week’s lesson, we are going to talk about, as G. This skill requires the 3 P's: Practice, Patience, and Persistence.“Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.” Are your drawings going to come out perfect? NO! Everything we do, whether in art class or in every day life requires practice. WHY? When we place an image upside down, the objects are not as recognizable, allowing our right side of the brain to focus on what we are actually seeing. The image will be placed upside down the entire time and you will draw the lines as you see them. You will choose one of the images provided. This is what we call the Right, Left Brain Battle! In order to draw the contours, or outlines, we not only need to train our eyes to see the various types of lines, but we also need to train our brain and motor skills to draw what we SEE and NOT what we THINK WE SEE! Remember on the first day of school, I said if you could hold a pencil to write your name, you could create anything?! Well, we are going to begin by learning how to draw contours, or outlines of an object.
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