CONTOUR
DRAWING
F-BLOCK, 9/7/12
MS. SCUDDER
DO NOW
1. Gather materials
• Clipboard
• 10 sheets of newsprint
• Pencils (from front table)
• Erasers (from front table)
2. Clip sheets of newsprint into your clipboard.
3. Take off one shoe and put in on the table in front of you.
4. Sit quietly until more directions are given
REVIEW: CONTOUR
DRAWING
• Drawing using line to
follow visible edges of
a shape
• Emphasize mass and
volume over detail
• Important! Not all
contours exist along
the outlines of a
subject.
• Observational skills!
Draw truly what the eye
is seeing.
DOUBLE-BLIND
CONTOUR DRAWING
Grab a pencil. Without
looking at your paper,
create a contour
drawing of your shoe.
NEW TWIST: Eyes must
be closed!! You must
scan your non-drawing
hand along the
contours of your shoe
and draw what you feel.
BLIND CONTOUR
Without looking at your paper, draw your shoe.
How did drawing what you see compare to drawing what you
feel?
What three types of contour drawing have we done so far?
1. “Free” contour
2. Blind contour
3. Double-blind contour
What skills did you rely on in doing these drawings?
CONTOUR SHOE
Draw your shoe
4 times.
1. In profile (toe to the right, heel to the left)
2. Bird’s eye view (from above)
3. On a diagonal
4. Straight on (from the front: toe is closest to you, heel
is farthest away)
HOMEWORK
Research and write a short
summary (minimum one page,
typed, double spaced) about
your artist, his/her work, the
time period in which he/she
lived, and your reactions.
DUE MONDAY
(9/10/12)
ARTISTS
1.
Donatello (1386-1466)
14. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
2.
Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
15. Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
3.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
16. Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
4.
Titian (1488-1576)
17. Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)
5.
Caravaggio (1571-1610)
18. Georges Seurat (1888-1959)
6.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) 19. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
7.
Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
20. Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
8.
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
21. René Magritte (1898-1957)
9.
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
22. Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
10. Oscar Claude Monet (1840-1926) 23. Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
11. Edvard Munch (1853-1944)
24. Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
12. Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
25. Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
13. Paul Klee (1879-1940)
26. Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
CLEAN UP