Art 1 Contour

The Art 1 class has been working on contour line. A contour line defines the edges and details of an object. We started with blind and modified contour drawings where the students cannot look at the paper while drawing - they focus on the object they are drawing instead. This taught students how to draw what they see, not what they think they see. As a final contour line project, students drew their shoes. The shoes are on display in the athletic foyer right now.

shoes drawn by Jessica, Sawyer, Elise, and Raven

Next, students took their contour lines and made them 3D! Students created contour wire sculptures of objects that are meaningful to them. Students will also write artist statements about their wire sculptures. The sculptures and statements will be on display during conferences.

Grace G.

Advanced Art Contour Self Portraits

Advanced Art students are pushing the limits of contour! For their self-portraits, students started by taping paper to the floor and and a sharpie to a yardstick. They observed their faces in a mirror and drew using contour technique on the floor! Here are some pictures!

 Next, students traced their self-portraits onto vellum and collaged tissue paper onto them. They were not allowed to use scissors for this part. Finally, students retraced their drawing or flipped the vellum over and wrote about themselves on their portraits. Here are some pictures of students finishing their portraits. They wind up being much more expressive and personal than many of their more traditional self-portraits.

These self-portraits will be on display in the athletic foyer soon!