Interior (Surface) Contour Still life Assignment

 MEDIA: CONTOUR DRAWING, PENCIL

The interior (surface) contour assignment personally, was a little difficult and tricky to begin with. I had a hard time setting up my composition of the subject because of the way the lighting was set up on the still life image. We had to focus on the shadow of the still life, the different areas that need to be shaded and the lines that were over lapping the whole still life itself. We had a lot of things to keep in mind. As always, I started the assignment by focusing on the outlines and drawing the contour lines of the still life. Again, putting a grid on my paper helped me a lot with balancing my composition in terms of proportion. My main concern was drawing the cloth that was over the statue. I had a hard time with that area but eventually found a way by simply following the lines where the dark values are. As I started to cross hatch the dark values of the image, I begin to see my still life pop out. Learning the cross hatching technique really thought me to see my drawings in a different way by being able to shade and identify and create the different light and dark values to better compliment the images I create.


As I was working on this still life image, I kept thinking about the three types of lines that we learned throughout this semester. Actual lines are full lines that we are all used to seeing around us which are the basic types such as the ones we see on graphs or our grids. Implied lines are dots that are used to form a line. These group of dots together form a line when viewed closely. A common term that can be used is the "dotted line." All these dots connect to form a line. Psychic lines are lines that are invisible and can't be seen. This line can be considered an imaginary line. Psychic lines can be used to help artist with their drawings. Just like our upcoming cityscape drawing, we are to use imaginary lines and wings to help extend our vision and go beyond our drawing sheet. In this assignment, I was actually able to use implied lines into this drawing because of the lines that were placed on top of the image. Physically, the lines were not part of the still life so I had to imagine the lines as if they were dotted so I am able to see through the image. Cross hatching also made a big difference in my drawing. By shading the shadow and the different dark values of the still life helped me enhance my drawing skills and knowledge of the different shaded values.