student work: foundations 105
design problem 3: contour drawing This problem serves as your introduction to drawing. Drawing is the beginning of the creative process for many purposes in many art disciplines. This project is highly representational. You will learn how to draw from direct observation, and will be assigned various practice-drawing assignments before you are given the actual problem. By the end of this project, you should be able to show your ability to look carefully, draw intentionally confident lines, and deliver an accurate description of the subject. Design Problem 3 is similar to what was taught in the preliminary course at the Bauhaus in terms of learning how to draw from observation. This particular Foundations project is not conceptual.
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Contour lines are lines that describe the edges of a form and suggest three-dimensional volume. The student artist of the piece on the opposite page is unknown. Representational shapes are derived from specific subject matter and are strongly based on visual observation.
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Drawing exercise done by a preliminary student at the Bauhaus. (Photographed by Kelly Johnson) Skul l dr aw ing on the r ight b y unknown AU student/