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Assignment: Contour and Gesture Drawing. Descriptive Line is an Element of Art. Contour Drawing. Descriptive Line. Contour Line. A Two Minute Pose. Citation Needed. Contour drawing shows the outline of the subject. Picasso War and Peace. Not the volume or mass of an object. “Fleur"
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Assignment:Contour and Gesture Drawing Descriptive Line is an Element of Art
Contour Drawing Descriptive Line
Contour Line A Two Minute Pose Citation Needed
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. Citation Needed
It will allow you to… • Observe and understand objects. Citation Needed
When drawing contour… • Let your eyes follow the contour of the object you are drawing. Citation Needed
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. Citation Needed
Focus • Draw the line slowly and with care. Citation Needed
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 Picasso Don 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 Citation Needed
Lines are Drawn Quickly Justin Sweet
Sketched Freely Citation Needed
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. Citation Needed
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.