Studio Contour

After the blind contour the class moved on to contour drawings. The goal here is to draw just the lines that we see, and there is to be no shading unless we use lines to do so. This exercise is to help us focus on just the lines we see, and put them on paper. In addition, we will typically use pen so that we will not spend a lot of time erasing. The result is stupendous. I sat down and started drawing just the lines I saw, and when I was three quarters of the way through the picture came together more than I could have ever hoped for.

The first picture is of the work space in our studio. The second picture is in the critique room looking out into the hallway.