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| Etsuko Ichikawa |
We begin by simply making marks on the pages and continuous lines with a piece vine charcoal. We pay close attention to how we hold the charcoal (different then if we were writing), so that we draw with our arm not our wrist. Make all types of lines, thin, thick, light dark, fast, slow etc.
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| Anthony Van Dyck |
Gesture Drawing: “This quick drawing captures the energy and movement of the subject. It does not necessarily have to be realistic.”
After we explore different types line weight and how to control the line weight, we move into drawing from an small organic object that we can hold in our hand. Example: gourd, shell, piece of bone or drift wood. Begin with gesture drawing, capturing the basic form of the object. Gesture drawings are done fast and with a few concise lines. These lines attempt to capture the overall mass, orientation, and sale of the subject.
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| Picasso |
Contour: “the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.”
Still working from our object we move to drawing the contour or outline of the object. Pay close attention to subtle changes in the contour. Make sure that you are using a range of line weights to describe your object.
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| Mauricio Lasansky |
Cross- Contour: “multiple lines running over the surface of an object horizontally and/or vertically which describe its surface configuration topographically, as in mapping.”
While contour lines describe the outside edge of the form, cross-contours describe the surface. Study the surface of you object as well as the overall mass. Make a slow drawing that map out all of the hills and valleys within your object. See if you can make this drawing with any outside contour line.
