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Homework assignment 2

Contour lines

This assignment helps you with your hair-raising assignment and allows you to become more fluid with your drawing technique. 

Contour line is the line that defines the outside of a shape or form. These lines are fluid and definitive. The best exercise for defining contour line is drawing using continuous line. This means that your pencil will not lift form the paper until your entire drawing is complete. You must first find four objects that have interesting shapes. Seashells, shoes, chairs and pine cones are good to use for this exercise. Hard edged objects like books and TV sets do not work as well. Please choose your objects carefully. This time you may use a sharpie black marker or a ball point pen. Do not worry about mistakes. Look at the objects while you are drawing them on the paper. Do not stop or lift your pen until you are done. If you do not like a line draw over it. Do not erase. Draw four objects quickly. THen draw the same four objects slowly. When you are done compare the 8 finished drawings. Take a minute to reflect in your sketch book which method worked best for you. Explain why you feel this way. Do not worry about writing a lot, a few lines will do. Your opinion is as important as your drawing.