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Published on Mar 22, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

contour lines

element of Art

basic element of art

contour in French means "outline"

to create contour lines, you need to OBSERVE directly.

Direct Observation involves studying the details and lines of what you are drawing.

and PRACTICE.

a common way to practice is to LOOK and DRAW without lifting your pencil.

using continuous blind contour drawing

to practice don't lift your pencil and don't look at the paper

It won't look pretty.

but you will get better.

and better.

eventually we will even create self portraits!

Now: Practice

you can practice with your hand, a drawing figure or other objects

Final Project

Tell a story with your shoe(s)

Our project will have a background

This background can be colorful to help tell the story