Contour Drawing Guided Notes

Contour Drawing: Guided Notes ● Contour: Contour means "outline", and presents exterior edges of objects. A plain contour has a connected line, no shading, and emphasizes an open "shell" of the subject. Types of Contour ● Blind Contour ○ A Drawing Exercise where the artist’s draws the contour of the subject without looking at the paper. ○ Benefits: develops hand eye coordination, forces you to look at what your drawing. ● Modified Contour ○ You can look at the paper ONLY WHEN THE PENCIL IS NOT MOVING ○ Rules: you are looking at the object 90% of the time. Not looking at the paper when the pencil is moving. DO NOT LIFT PENCIL How to draw using Contour lines ● Begin with a focal point on the object and continue concentration as if the eyes were drawing the image. The eyes follow slowly around the edge of the object. The pen, once placed on the paper stays there moving in a slow line development until the entire contour is completed. ● One continuous flowing line: MEANING DO NOT LIFT PENCIL