- Introduction to Contour Line Drawing, Continuous-Line Drawing, & Blind Contour Line Drawing.
- Introduction to Line Sensitivity & Line Weight.
Contour_Line (Download PDF)
1. Line – The basic element of all art, line is a type of mark that contains both direction and length.
2. Contour Line – The line that defines the form or edge of a shape, the outline.
3. Continuous-Line – The line remains unbroken from the beginning to the end of the drawing. The artist does not lift the drawing tool off the page at all during the drawing process.
4. Blind Contour Line - The artist draws the contour (outline) of a subject without looking at the paper or canvas.
3. Continuous-Line – The line remains unbroken from the beginning to the end of the drawing. The artist does not lift the drawing tool off the page at all during the drawing process.
4. Blind Contour Line - The artist draws the contour (outline) of a subject without looking at the paper or canvas.
5. Line Sensitivity – Line that creates minute changes or differences in the structure or contour of the subject, and conveys a strong sense of mass, volume, form, weight, dimensionality, and emotion.
6. Line Variation – Line that varies in width, lightness and heaviness to convey depth, mass, form, volume, weight, and dimensionality.
7. Cross-Contour Line – Lines that run perpendicular to the contour lines of the shape.
8. Implied Line – An incomplete line, or one that is inferred (or implied) by the viewer through elements in the composition, but which is not physically there.
In-Class:
1. In your sketchbook, do a quick, five minute blind contour drawing of one object in the still life. Do five different blind contour drawings total.
2. In your sketchbook, draw three thumbnails of the still life. Make sure to move around the still life and crop to make three interesting compositions.
3. Choose one thumbnail you like best. On a full sheet of Bristol, make a final contour line drawing based off the thumbnail you chose. Focus on line sensitivity, line variation, and implied line to describe the surface structure of the objects so that they have volume. Do not erase, but leave your process lines. Start by drawing with a hard pencil (4H, 2H, H), until you have the objects sketched in place, and with a softer pencil (B, 2B, 4B, 6B) darken your lines and add line variation.
Homework Assignment – due 9/25/14:
Choose 4 different objects, 2 man-made objects and 2 organic (plants, fruit, etc.) to set up a still life. Follow steps 1 and 2 we did in class. Draw three thumbnails of compositions, choose one thumbnail with the most successful composition, and draw a full Bristol page size contour line drawing from it.
More examples:
Choose 4 different objects, 2 man-made objects and 2 organic (plants, fruit, etc.) to set up a still life. Follow steps 1 and 2 we did in class. Draw three thumbnails of compositions, choose one thumbnail with the most successful composition, and draw a full Bristol page size contour line drawing from it.
More examples:
Cross Contour line
Cross Contour Line
Implied Line
Implied line
Continuous Line
Continuous Line
Line Variation
Blind Contour
Contour Line Drawing - Multiple Techniques
Contour Line Drawing - Multiple Techniques
Contour Line Drawing - Multiple Techniques
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