Contour Line
• Pencil is stuck to paper- 1 continuous line• Work slowly….. Pencil is drawing exactly what
the eye is seeing, little by little
1. Focus eyes on a starting place
2. Place pencil on paper
3. Imagine your eyes are the pencil. As your eye moves, the pencil moves. SLOWLY at the same pace
Do not take your eyes off the form, do not look at the paper, move your eyes slowly along the contour, the pencil should be moving along the same contour.
Try to coordinate your pencil with your eyes; do not move your eyes faster than your drawing
Contour or Outline?
• Contour is more than an outline
• Ant crawling across the form• What other lines can you draw to show
details- INSIDE the outline?