Figure Drawing: Line and Contour

By Helen South, About.com Guide

Contour drawing is arguably the purest form of drawing: pure line. Most of us begin contour drawing instinctively, simply by picking a point on the edge of the figure and copying it onto our paper, hand following eye.

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• Figure Drawing: Line and Contour
• Gestural Structure
• Short-pose contour drawing
• Continuous line
• Exploratory Line
• Contour drawing with selective tone
• Expressive line

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