Today's class- Today we began our study of line with some exercises in contour and negative space. We started with some contour line exercises involving shoes.
Exterior Contour (top photo)- Students selected a shoe, either one of their own, or one from the pile I provided. 30 minutes were spent drawing the exterior contour, the line that marks the silhouette of the shoe (not any of the interior structures), paying attention to overall proportions. Most students did 4 to 8 such drawings during the time allotted.
Cross Contour (middle photo)- Students did one drawing from their shoe, a drawing that included a variety of curved and straight lines over the surface of the shoe to imply the roundness and volume of the form. Spend about 20 minutes on it.
Blind Contour (bottom photo)- Students drew the exterior contour of the shoe, but this time they can only look at the shoe, not at the paper. Draw slowly, letting the pencil move as your eye moves around the contour of the shoe. Student typically did several in the 10 minutes we worked on this.
Final Shoe Drawing- Do your best 30 minute line drawing of the shoe, including all interior structures, cross contour lines optional.
These are all portfolio exercises, to be made up by the end of the semester.
In addition to the above, the class also did some negative space exercises that can be found here.
Exterior Contour (top photo)- Students selected a shoe, either one of their own, or one from the pile I provided. 30 minutes were spent drawing the exterior contour, the line that marks the silhouette of the shoe (not any of the interior structures), paying attention to overall proportions. Most students did 4 to 8 such drawings during the time allotted.
Cross Contour (middle photo)- Students did one drawing from their shoe, a drawing that included a variety of curved and straight lines over the surface of the shoe to imply the roundness and volume of the form. Spend about 20 minutes on it.
Blind Contour (bottom photo)- Students drew the exterior contour of the shoe, but this time they can only look at the shoe, not at the paper. Draw slowly, letting the pencil move as your eye moves around the contour of the shoe. Student typically did several in the 10 minutes we worked on this.
Final Shoe Drawing- Do your best 30 minute line drawing of the shoe, including all interior structures, cross contour lines optional.
These are all portfolio exercises, to be made up by the end of the semester.
In addition to the above, the class also did some negative space exercises that can be found here.
