Assignment:Contour and Gesture Drawing

Descriptive Line is an

Element of Art

Contour Drawing

Descriptive Line

Contour Line

A Two Minute Pose

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Contour drawing shows the outline of the subject.

Picasso War and Peace

Not the volume or mass of an object.

“Fleur"

Henri Matisse

Picasso- Igor Stravinsky

Contour defines the edges and surface ridges of the subject.

Contour Line creates a boundary “Art does not

reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.”

Paul Klee

Separating one area from another Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Madame Thadee

Natanson at the

Theater

Learning how to contour draw will…

Enhance your drawing skills.

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It will allow you to… Observe and

understand objects.

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Let your eyes follow the contour of the object you are drawing.

When drawing contour…

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You look at the object and not at your drawing.

M.C.Escher

When drawing contour let your eyes stare for two minutes at the object’s contour. As you follow with your eye, try to draw what you see.

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The line should be continuous.

Focus

Draw the line slowly and with care.

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Use Pressure on pencil

To make thick and thin lines.

Gesture Drawing

Descriptive Line

Gesture Line

A descriptive line that starts the form of the pose.

Justin Sweet

Gesture Drawing

PicassoDon Quixote

Gesture Line…

Is an Expressive Movement

Using a Guideline

Vilppu

Gesture… Captures the

feeling of motion.

Gesture uses very little detail

Justin Sweet

Imagine

Thin Continuous Flow of Line Coming Out of

the Drawing

Justin Sweet

Looping Twisting Changing

Direction

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Lines are Drawn Quickly

Justin Sweet

Sketched Freely

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Loosely

Vilppu

Even Recklessly

Helen South

It can look like scribbles

Justin Sweet

In order to capture movement

Justin Sweet

Unlike Contour….

Gesture represents the interior of an object.

Justin Sweet

Concentrate on Showing position

and movement with a guiding line.

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Assignment :Examples of Student’s Work

Contour

Contour

Contour

Gesture

Gesture

Answer on a Separate Piece of Paper10 Questions:

Title your paper: Contour and Descriptive Drawing.

Add your name and period number.

Question 1 The two types of lines, contour and gesture

belong to the ____(fill in the blank)_____ of Art.

Question 2 Contour and gesture line is a (fill in the blank) line?

Question 3 A contour drawing defines what aspects of

the subject?

Question 4 List the important steps to make a contour

drawing.

Question 5 Name at least 3 artists in the PowerPoint

that used contour line in their art.

Question 6 Gesture line starts the __(fill in the blank)___ of the

pose.

Question 7 Gesture line expresses __(fill in the blank)___ in a

subject.

Question 8 Gesture uses very little __(fill in the blank)___ .

Question 9 Unlike contour, gesture represents the

__(fill in the blank)___ of an object

Question 10 List the important steps to make a gesture

drawing.