Now that you know what contour line is and how it can help your drawing let’s take a lookĪt the flip side of the contour coin. Look at the both the outer and dominant inner contours of your subjects to see if they are interacting negatively with each other. When setting up a still life to draw look at the outline shape to pick the most interesting angle of your subject.īe aware of bad tangencies (the line of one object awkwardly running into another object)Įven if you have drawn beautiful subjects, tangencies can easily wreck your drawing and make it look wrong. We will talk about composition in detail later but here are some good tips to remember.
Inner contour elements different ways until you find just the right level of detail forĪnother very important use of the contour is with composition. You wouldn’t draw the bruises, wormholes, or scratches. For example, if you’re drawing an apple, you would draw the round shape and a stem. Handle these elements will become part of your personal style. Pure contour drawing is the simplest form of contour drawing and only consists of the most basic outlines of the shapes you’re drawing. The essentials and often eliminate any pattern or texture. I like to simplify a lot of the inner contours to just Will help you to identify the large overall shape and give you an easier Doing yourĪfter I get the main block-in I can start breaking the largeįorm into smaller inner shapes, making corrections along the way.īeing able to see the outer contour of your subjects
I start by drawing the big general shape the best I can.īe aware that this is just my best first attempt. (in an upcoming lesson we will look in detail at the block-in.) Simplify the shapes and help you see the outline more clearly). Now focus on just the big outer shape (squinting will It’sĮasy to get overwhelmed by all the different lines and shapes. If you can see the big outer silhouette you can drawĪ simple containing shape to fit your subject into. The key is to look past the inner contours at first and focus on
Now that we have a definition for contour line, how do we But for now just be aware that shadows are a separate drawing element. We will get into detailed lessons about shadows in Drawing Essentials: Level 3. Shadows are their own element and are very important in showing the form of objects. I don't consider shadows to be contour lines at all.
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