Contour Drawing

This is a cross contour drawing done on 18"x24" paper for my Observational Drawing course. (2017)

Amanda Howard cross contour

The first one is a line drawing of dandelions my husband gave me a few months ago. Dandelions are fine, but are by no means the prettiest flower out there. They do, however, rank pretty high on my list of favorites because they always signal that warm spring weather is near - a sentiment that seems foolish now that it's in the mid 90's and the "southern hug" of humidity has tightened its grip. The second one is of a bouquet from the table at my favorite cafe. It was the perfect day. Me, a…

A surreal representation of a dune landscape with a disturbing whirlpool sun.

Blind contour drawing Students draw 6-7 blind contour drawings of various objects, people or body parts. Various-sized boundaries are drawn around each drawing using cropping L's, activating the format (subject matter is touching at least 3 sides of the format), paying attention to the composition and focal point created in each image. 1 or 2 favorite drawings are chosen by the student and shapes are colored in using black (sharpie), white (paper), and gray (pencil). Line drawing is…

In this guide, find out what contour drawing is and how to create your own. It's a fantastic drawing exercise for beginners.

Before you start this artwork, I would suggest you talk to students about the difference between various drawing techniques. I got th...

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Drawing Exercises - Draw organic volumes. Draw cross-contour lines to describe their volumes.

Confused about what direction you should make your brush strokes or drawing marks? Let's clear out the confusion with this cross-contour drawing exercise.