For examples, I'd draw the top of the back with a thin/light line, as well as the top of the head and the top parts of the antlers. If you'd like to get a similar effect (dark lines for shadow) then go heavy on the undersides and leave all top planes drawn with thin/light lines. I use dark lines to represent the under planes of a subject for the deer, some major under planes are the stomach, the chin/neck, the bottom parts of the horns, and the tail. To answer your question, you can use line weight to represent dark areas and/or depth. Good contour drawing! I like the experimentation with line weight. The body is a bit too long and the legs are too short, so keep in mind the idea discussed above and practice seeing the whole picture as you're drawing. Try to keep your lines more continuous - avoid making "scratchy" lines. Nice work with the spots I'm glad you made an attempt to see them for what they are instead of merely drawing circles. The overall form of your subject is clear there's no mistaking what we're looking at. The antlers look good - you definitely gave them depth. I like that there's a ghostlike hint to the form of the face. See if you can stare at something specific and still be aware of your surroundings using your peripheral vision. Note the difference when you're specifically looking at a part of a subject (the deer's nose for instance) versus when you look at - we tend to have tunnel vision and isolate what we're looking at. in this drawing the horns may be accurately drawn but could be too small/big for the deer's body, etc.) In my experience, the best way to overcome this difficulty is to practice seeing your subject as a whole. Every now and then, when I don't focus, I end up with a skewed image where certain sections are individually accurate but not proportionate as a whole. I've had the same issue with proportions. 4Īs for the proportion, here's what I said to a fellow classmate: I would've liked to see less hard lines (straight lines, sharp edges, tight "corners") and more organic lines (smooth flowing lines/curves). The contour manages to maintain all that detail and hard work in a unified form. You have until 11:59 PM Tuesday 8/3 to upload your work!ĭon't worry too much, these look great! You've infused your drawings with so much personality! Great job. Either scan or photograph your assignment, upload it to, and post the image link in this thread.Įnjoy yourselves! The next lesson will be uploaded Wednesday 8/4, and is about Broad Angles.
Above all else, draw very, very slow.ģ) Upload your work. Seriously - if you’re drawing a bottle try to imagine that you’ve never seen one your entire life. Too often new artists get stuck looking at their drawings and barely glance at the subject.Īdvice: Imagine that you’re seeing the subject for the first time in your life. As you’re drawing the still life try to spend at least 70% of the time looking at the subject. In lesson 2 we challenged ourselves to really look at the world and draw what we see (not what we think we see). As you’re drawing be conscious of where you can use heavier (thicker and/or darker) lines to add emphasis or suggest shadow, and light lines to suggest light value. Keep in mind one of lesson 1’s line drawing techniques: weight. ( Keep the tree and background drawing simple, but go be detailed on the deer.)Įxample of the completed contour drawing from the video Remember: you’re not trying to finish, you’re trying to learn. Keep your focus on the photograph for the majority of the time, but occasionally check if you are in the right spot on your paper. SECOND: Copy the deer in a contour drawing but this time you can look at your paper. Same as last week - this is to get warmed up. We’re going to use the techniques introduced thus far to do a contour drawing of a photograph.įIRST: Spend at least 10 minutes doing a blind contour of the deer ( not the rest of the image). If you have any questions about it please post them in this thread.Ģ) Assignment time.
We’re taking last week’s blind contour method and removing the “blind” from it. (Due to the volume of submissions, only students who started with Lesson 1 will be critiqued and graded.)ġ) Watch the video, Contour Drawing. A late submission is anything received after 11:59 pm EST on Tuesday. Late Submissions: All late submissions were not critiqued or given a score.
Hi, everyone! Great work last week! This week we’re going to take more time to practice “seeing” with contour line, but taking it one step further.
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