The things that we're going to be doing, really, I'm going to be helping take your drawings to the next level. And so, we're going to talk about what that is and what we'll be covering.
His use of layered mark-making to produce tonal variation in areas makes the rhino look armoured across its body.So, in this Drawing Basics 2, we're going to be talking about cross contour line and ellipses. He used descriptive lines to show spiky, hard and rough textures. Most likely unable to touch the rhino he was drawing, Durer drew how he imagined how the animal would feel. The Rhinoceros, Albrecht Durer, c.1515, woodcut, Bridgeman ImagesĪ brilliant example of an artist using descriptive lines is “The Rhinoceros” by Albrecht Durer. Typically descriptive lines are used to make a 2D shape look like a 3D form. The simplest form of cross-contour marks are horizontal and vertical lines, however diagonal lines can also be used to show a form.ĭescriptive lines are used by an artist to tell the viewer more about a subject. You can then replicate these imaginary lines in your drawing. Imagine your finger is leaving a line as it moves, it will change direction according to the form. When drawing from a physical object a good way to work out the cross-contour lines is to run a finger tip along the surface. This is because a wire net is crafted and manipulated to show a form in only lines. In comparison to contour lines, cross-contour lines are implied lines that may or may not be visible to you when looking at your reference or subject.Īs opposed to defining the edges and necessary details of the subject or reference, cross-contour lines are used to describe the form.Ĭontour lines can often look like a wire net of a form, as shown in the image above. In other words contour lines are typically visible to the naked eye or lines defined by contrast. Without strong accurate contours of the subject you are drawing, no matter how much time and effort you put into adding beautifully rendered detail, the final outcome will still look “off”.īefore looking at cross-contour lines, we first need to remind ourselves of contour lines:Ĭontour lines are “outlines” and lines we as an artist can see on our reference or subject. The purpose behind this is for the artist to work out the proportion, and composition of their work before moving forward.Īs artists developing the ability to produce accurate outlines is paramount. Whilst some artists elect to use only contours in their work, majority of artists will produce a contour drawing before working into it further. When tone is added to a contour it can no longer be classed as a contour drawing. It’s not until you add the stalk, leaf and contour lines to suggest the dip of where the stalk grows from that the context of the image is apparent and the viewer can recognise it for what it is.
If the apple was only drawn with it’s outline from this angle it would appear to be a circle. Some contour drawings like the apple below will also include outlines of important shapes from the interior of the subject or reference. Typically a contour drawing will consist of only the outline of a reference or subject. The word “contour” originated in France and is still used today, its direct translation to English being “Outline”. Contour lines are a type of line an artist uses to define the shape, form or edge of a subject.
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