Today we will be focusing on the element of art: Line. A contour means 'outline' and is a special type of line that artists use. A contour drawings is when an artist does not lift their pencil at all when they draw a subject. They only use 1 line. It gives a different look to the drawing.
There are 2 types of contour drawing. A sight contour drawing is when you are able to look at both the subject as well as your paper. A blind contour drawing is when you only look at your subject and not your paper at all to get your hands used to drawing subjects. It is really to not look at the paper, but it is fun to see if you got something similar to your subject when you look.
Tips on doing nice contour drawings!
-Slowly draw the contour as you eye moves around your subject. There is no need to rush these drawings. Sometimes when you rush you forget to add lines in the middle of the thing you are drawing. Take your time, art is not a race.
-Make sure that your contour drawings aren't small and are medium size. They should take up half of the paper.
You will be drawing 2 blind contours and 2 sight contours on a piece of paper. The blind contours are on one side of the page and the sight contours are on the other side. Make sure that you put your name and period number. It is due at the end of the period and it is worth 10 points.
There are 2 types of contour drawing. A sight contour drawing is when you are able to look at both the subject as well as your paper. A blind contour drawing is when you only look at your subject and not your paper at all to get your hands used to drawing subjects. It is really to not look at the paper, but it is fun to see if you got something similar to your subject when you look.
Tips on doing nice contour drawings!
-Slowly draw the contour as you eye moves around your subject. There is no need to rush these drawings. Sometimes when you rush you forget to add lines in the middle of the thing you are drawing. Take your time, art is not a race.
-Make sure that your contour drawings aren't small and are medium size. They should take up half of the paper.
You will be drawing 2 blind contours and 2 sight contours on a piece of paper. The blind contours are on one side of the page and the sight contours are on the other side. Make sure that you put your name and period number. It is due at the end of the period and it is worth 10 points.