1. Looking, Looking, Looking, then Drawing
Contour Drawing
Looking, Looking, Looking, then Drawing

2. 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.)

3. 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

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

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

6. Successful contour?

7. Which is the better contour drawing?

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

9. Different line thickness
helps with form and
volume
Restate
lines!

10. Yeah or nay?

11. …other examples…

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