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Contour Drawing Looking, Looking, Looking, then Drawing

What’s in a contour drawing… Contour Line Drawing- A line drawing showing the outer and inner details of an object, including wrinkles, folds and other specific details Blind contour- drawing a continuous line while looking at your object NOT at your paper Continuous line contour- when you do not pick up your pencil or pen from start to finish Modified blind contour- looking at your object about 70% of the time and peeking at your paper only 30% of the time Implied line- a break in a line that the eye connects (dashed line, row of footprints, etc.)

A contour drawing is not…. An outline!!!!!!! A quickly done sketch A symbol of an object A hunched-over-your paper-hardly-looking up-at-what-you’re drawing, drawing

What a contour drawing is… ….supposed to look like!!!!

Contour drawing is… A accurate line drawing showing the interior and exterior edges of the subject Shows volume and depth by different lines Slowly, slowly done Mostly looking

Successful contour?

Which is the better contour drawing?

Line is used to explore the interior of a subject Interior lines establish distance!

Different line thickness helps with form and volume Restate lines!

Yeah or nay?

…other examples…

…the journey is the destination It’s not how fast you can go…