"The lover can see, and the knowledgeable."
—Annie Dillard, "Seeing," Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

18 September 2009

Homework Assignment, Due Tuesday, Sep. 22

Cross Contour Drawing of Shell

Due: Tuesday, September 22

Spend at least three hours doing a cross contour drawing of your shell--whatever takes that amount of time for you: an entire shell, part of one, more than one, etc.
  • Use a diagonal long axis
  • No outlines
  • Draw larger than life size, fill the paper with your drawing
  • Use conte, charcoal, conte or charcoal pencil (sharpened tool)
  • Use at least 18" x 24" white paper with a 1" margin on all sides
  • Write/sign name on BACK
  • Use value only in the context of line value: darker lines for closer parts of the form, lighter for farther away
  • Use one line (this can be made up of broken, overlapping lines to imply one line) at a time, drawn around the cross-ways of the shell
  • Draw carefully, slowly
  • Be as precise as possible
  • Exaggerate all form changes
  • Draw cross contours over plane changes to reveal 3D form
  • Look for and draw each cross contour line with variety. Each line should be different than the one before and after it.

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