11/14/2023 0 Comments Contour face drawing![]() ![]() It always just ended up looking as if it was done by me, the boring old googly-eyed doodler, trying to doodle his way into a different artistic mode. Unfortunately, my new style never worked. Their work was so loose and real, so effortlessly complex - there were no stick arms or googly eyes anywhere. I tried many times to break out of my drawing style, to emulate the artists I knew or the ones I saw at museums. Eventually, however, they would grow up and change their minds. Occasionally, there were minor coups a 4-year-old would ask me to draw a pirate ship or a dinosaur, then tell me that I was the world’s greatest artist. My visual relationship to the world had atrophied. I had lost the ability to surprise myself. It was cutesy and severely limited and - after several decades - excruciatingly boring. Every time I sat down to draw, I found myself producing two-dimensional googly-eyed cartoon figures (pencils, avocados, dinosaurs, hamburgers, tacos, clouds, whatever) that would raise their tiny stick arms whimsically whenever they needed to speak to one another. I had been an enthusiastic doodler since childhood, but my art hadn’t really evolved since then. This entry was posted in Drawing on Decemby markmcleod50.A few years ago, I became unhappy with my drawing style. Follow outer edges of form + borders of light and shadow that describe the surface contours.Yes, you can look at your paper while drawing, but expect distortion.Be as descriptive as possible! Note subtle changes that define edges, textures, volume and form.Follow outer edges of form + borders of light and shadow that describe the surace contours.Nope, you can’t look at your paper while drawing. ![]() – Drawing A Contemporary Approach Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso Egon Shiele Egon Shiele Egon Shiele Egon Shiele “A line that delineates both the outside edge of an object and the edges of planes, as opposed to outline, which delineates only the outside edge.” Follow these borders with contour lines on your drawing. Use strong lighting to create bold shadows on your face and clothing. Find a creative placement for your mirror to capture you and your background environment Don’t forget to add your background environment! Don’t oversimplify your features-drawing what you see, not what you think you see. ![]() Don’t use a rapidly applied sketching line Be sure to fill the rest of the page with details from your environment! Use an ink pen or black, fine-point Sharpie at the end to make your drawing stand out. Begin lightly with pencil and make corrections with an eraser as you go. Some distortion and exaggeration is ok but do your best to mark the contours that describe volume around each form you draw. Work slowly and attentively to avoid creating a generic or oversimplified representation. No use of photos is allowed!ĭraw with a singular descriptive contour line and emphasize the unique contours around and across each form you draw. Media-Graphite pencils (H or HB) + erasers + black fine Sharpie or Micron penįor this assignment you will complete 1 detailed modified contour line drawing of yourself and your environment-from observation. Size-18”x24” Drawing paper- available in class (NO NEWSPRINT PLEASE) Students will display proficiency in compositional design. Students will demonstrate ability to draw from observation while using continuous contour to describe form. ![]()
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