Hand contour line drawing

Cross Contour Drawing Essentially, cross contour drawing is a technique that takes the line that you are creating across the conto...

Three Hands - pencil on paper. A project I did with my students using cross contour lines to give form to the shape of hands.

A contour is the line which defines a form or edge - an outline. Contour drawing is the place where most beginners start, following the visible edges of a shape. The contour describes the outermost...

Foundations of Form & Space-Cross Contour Drawing of a Hand-By Sara Edge

The Elements of Design (sometimes called the Elements of Art) are the basic building blocks of art. Artists use these elements to plan and design their artwork. There are seven of them. They are Shape, Line, Color, Texture, Value, Space, and Form. Shape A shape is an enclosed figure. There is an inside and an outside. Shapes that have special mathematical rules are called geometric shapes. Examples of geometric shapes are circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, hexagons, etc. Shapes that…

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