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CONTOUR LINES IN ART EXAMPLE TRIAL
CONTOUR LINES IN ART EXAMPLE PROFESSIONAL

Index contours are bold or thicker lines that appear at every fifth contour line. A contour interval is the vertical distance or difference in elevation between contour lines. Picasso contour drawing of Igor Stravinsky īenny Andrews contour drawings (a Google search “Benny Andrews Contour line” will take you to various examples of Andrews work) i.e.A contour line is a line drawn on a topographic map to indicate ground elevation or depression. Possible sources for cheap plastic animals: Instructor can invite whole group sharing of some of the pair/share discussions.

something new they learned or discovered by doing this exercise.

What distortions do they see? What looks “real”? Are the distortions and real-looking parts both interesting?.

Then they should pair-share with a shoulder partner:.

Students do a short gallery walk to view all the creatures.

(SAMPLE C -1and 2 shows contour drawing of toy insects ) Students will draw 3-4 creatures, in a period of 20 minutes. At the end of the time toy creatures are rotated so students can draw another creature. Teacher allows limited amount of time for each drawing ( 2 -3 minutes). Students choose one creature to draw using contour line drawing only. Various toy creatures, dinosaurs, reptiles, dragons are distributed to each grouping of desks. Teacher gives a 1 minute then a 10 second warning to stop drawing. Students begin drawing when music starts, and stop drawing when music stops. NOTE: It can help to have background music (classical, jazz, instrumental guitar) playing during the drawing time. If time permits they should try taking off their own shoe and doing a contour line drawing of their shoe (SAMPLE B-1 and 2 contour drawings of hand and shoe).

students should do a warm up exercise of a contour line drawing of their own hand. WARM UP: Before students begin observing the toy creatures. It is important to emphasize to the students that the resulting drawings should show as much detail as possible, but will likely not be fully realistic. Bring students to the conclusions that contour line drawing does not result in a perfect realistic drawing, but rather a more distorted representation of the subject, and this is okay! The teacher explains that students will “practice” contour line drawing as an exercise in careful observation (make connections to the importance of “observation” as a research tool in the field of science). Use VTS to elicit student observations of these contour line drawings. The teacher presents the concept of Contour Line drawing and views the art samples from SAMPLE A.

CONTOUR LINES IN ART EXAMPLE PROFESSIONAL

(SAMPLE A – professional artists’ examples) STEAM Activity: In fact, the resulting drawing will likely be distorted, but at the same time, exhibit realistic qualities of the form and dimensionality of the subject. The objective is not to make a fully accurate drawing, but to sharpen one’s observation skills. The artist cannot erase or “correct” the drawing because the pencil/marker does not lift off the paper. The artist’s eyes dart back and forth from observing the subject to looking at the drawing on the paper. This means that once the artist places the pencil/marker to the paper s/he does not lift it off the paper. #2 pencil with no eraser or thin black line markersĬontour line drawing is a continuous line drawing using careful observation.Contour – an outline representing a shape or figure.7 th– Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design.6 th– Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.

CONTOUR LINES IN ART EXAMPLE TRIAL

Essential Question(s): How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from trial and error?.

Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches.

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Students will persevere in creating a contour line drawing of an animal.

Students will create a drawing on their own without making corrections.

Students will use contour line drawing to draw “toy” reptiles, dinosaur creatures, as an exercise to heighten observation as a research tool in the drawing process, and bring a new comfort level to observational drawing as they contemplate their final dragon creation.This lesson will strengthen the students’ observational skills through the process of creating a contour line drawing.