Contour LINE drawing
Draw what is there,
not what you think is there.
not what you think is there.
So What Is Contour Line Drawing?
Contour line drawing is a slow study of any object. Essentially, an outline with more detail. Our sense of touch is the underlying principle of drawing these lines. You've probably seen a movie in which a blind person wants to know what someone looks like, so they ask if they can run their hand across that person’s face. When you’re drawing, imagine you are running your pencil across the model’s face and the model’s body. Just as a blind person feels the shape of a person’s face, with practice you will be able to feel the shape of the model’s face and body with your pencil. Contour line drawing requires that you keep your eye on the model, not on the paper. Imagine that the pencil is touching the model instead of the paper. Then slowly move your eye across the contours of the model and allow your eye to pull your pencil along with it. This will take some practice but the results are worth it. It is inevitable that if you are really letting your eye guide your hand , the resulting line art drawings will be lifelike and expressive. Just be patient and allow yourself to make "mistakes". The importance is the process, not the final product. If you stick with the process, success will follow. Once you learn how to do contour line drawings correctly, you will see how much can be expressed just through lines. The lines themselves will imply the three-dimensions of objects and the bulk of human figures. Contour lines include not only the outlines, but also the important definition lines that lay within the outline. |
3 panels-
panel 1- Put up a book to block the paper NO looking- Try for One continuous line- 3min.
panel 2- Put up a book to block the paper- - 3 min.
panel 3- No Shield can pick up and re-position drawing tool- 7 min.
panel 1- Put up a book to block the paper NO looking- Try for One continuous line- 3min.
panel 2- Put up a book to block the paper- - 3 min.
panel 3- No Shield can pick up and re-position drawing tool- 7 min.