Unit 1: Meeting Edges and Contour

Which statement is NOT TRUE for why we draw upside down?

• a. Create a shift from the left to right activity of the brain.

• b. Learn to see relationships to each other.

• c. Develop observational skills

• d. To learn to name the parts of the objects being drawn

Which statement is NOT TRUE of how we build observational skills by drawing upside?

• a.  We see lines, instead of real objects. 
• b.    We learn to see shapes and the areas of light.
• c.   We see familiar things and name them by matching what we see with our stored memories and concepts.
• d.    Familiar things look different or unfamiliar upside down.

  The very first technique in drawing is to learn to gesture in an object. T or F

• True
• False

  The second technique in drawing is to learn contour line. 
 T or F

• True
• False

  Contour drawing is a sketchy line drawing of the object you are drawing. T o F

• True 
• False

  Contour drawing is like tracing the object. T or F

• True
• False

Blind Contour is when you put on a blindfold to draw the object. T or F

• True
• False

 Contour line is an expressive line that has form, weight, mass, and space. T or F

• True
• False

The purpose of Blind Contour is to train your eye and hand to work as one unit. T or F

• True
• False

Contour line drawing helps the artist to:

• a.   Better their observational skills
• b.    Learn to trace a picture from memory
• c.   Learn to draw a broken line where you stop and start often
• d.   Learn to draw loosey goosey