Suppose, for instance, I’m painting a farm scene with a barn - not likely since I’m not good at drawing buildings, but bear with me, please. The same holds true in painting, and I’ve learned to use brush strokes that represent the direction of the object’s basic contours. In shading a round object - an apple, as an example - we want our shading to follow the general shape of the apple, that is, to follow its contours. Next, I learned about using contour lines in a directional sense. Drawings like this are usually referred to simply as line drawings.
It defines the outer edges of the object we’re drawing. Contour is a French word that means outline, and a basic contour drawing is essentially an outline of an object, much like you might see in a children’s coloring book. I first worked with contour lines in my beginning drawing lessons.
#HAND CONTOUR LINE DRAWING HOW TO#
I’m learning to use cross-contour lines in drawing, a practice that is helping me become more observant about the objects I draw and showing me how to best represent their three dimensionality on a two dimensional surface. Today I’m working on a skill that’s somewhat familiar yet still quite new to me. Learning new things is always a sign of progress. It feels good to practice new drawing techniques and know that even if I’m not good at the skill yet, I’m moving in a positive direction.
When the students are finished, they can take a piece of watercolor paper, two pieces of masking tape, and a mirror from the front table.Remind them to draw in their knuckles, rings, etc. Guided Practice: Have the students hold up their hand, take their pencil in the other and have them look only at their hand while they draw what it looks like, without looking at the paper or lifting their pencil off the page.Notice how the wire starts at the chin and continuously winds around the shape of the face including the ears to the bottom of the chin. The artist, Alexander Calder, created Contour Line drawings of faces and circus animals using pen and paper and also wire.They are created by looking only at the subject and not the paper while drawing.Blind Contour Drawings are created with one line never picking the pencil up off the page.Straight lines look flat but curved lines give more dimension. Contour Lines can make an object look 3-D as on the following slide of the Contour Map.(Follow slides below – all slides are in the power point) Today we’ll discuss Contour Lines and how they can make art work look more interesting and realistic.“A line is a dot, that went for a walk” from Paul Klee. Explain how Line is the most basic element of drawing, basically a moving dot.
Ask students examples of Line in art they know: prompt cartoons, stick drawings, etc.Save the watercolor paper and mirrors – give to the students after they have practiced drawing.Students can share oil pastels placed in small bowls set at the tables.Tape down the practice paper on the tables.Each student will receive a piece of white construction paper (to be used for drawing practice), a mirror, a pencil, and a sharpie.White construction paper cut into half sheets.
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