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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