Last week in class we warmed up to drawing again by doing several gesture drawings. The quick lines that we drew are quite the opposite of what we will be doing when we are creating contour drawings. We will look carefully at the edges of our subject and draw slowly.
Mona Brookes, author of Drawing for Older Children and Teens, writes:
"By following what appears to be the outline edges of an object, you can create an impression of it. Contour Drawing is a style of realistic drawing, but it doesn't capture the kind of three-dimensionality that you can achieve with shading."
Below notice the way Pablo Picasso uses a line to represent most of the edges of the figure below. He tried to keep the correct proportions and successfully portrays the physical characteristics of the model. Learning how to create contour drawings is a fundamental skill that all artists should develop.
We will also try a couple Blind Contour drawings. This is when you draw using one continuous line and do not look at your paper.
Class warm up exercise: Draw several contour drawings of your hand. Try very hard to just draw edges with a line. Do not shade in at all! Think about the negative and positive space on your paper. Think about proportions (how big are your fingers compared to your hand). PLEASE refrain from talking during this exercise, you really need to focus.
Sketchbook Assignment: Draw 5 small contour drawings. Shoes,plants, people, chairs...etc. Extra Credit: Drawing of a foot Due 9/25
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