如何繪製基礎知識：輪廓

As you begin your latest masterpiece, what is the first thing you begin to draw? If your answer is “the outline of the thing” then you are not alone! Most artists will begin with a sketch of the outlines or lines of their subject. These line drawings are called contours, a French word for outline. For the most successful pieces, it is important to know how to observe line in objects and know how to draw them. How to Draw Basics: Contours is designed to get learners looking and drawing with beautiful lines. No background knowledge is required for this class, but I recommend taking How to Draw Basics: Materials if your student is completely new to art! 
	
How to Draw Basics: Contours will teach learners how to really look at something and get them practicing beautiful lines through a combination of PowerPoint lecture and a set of three exercises. These exercises include knowing versus seeing, an inverted recreation of Picasso’s Great Head, 1946, and a series of blind-contour drawings. All of these assignments will to train your learners to separate what they know from what they see, teach them what a contour is, and improve their concentration and hand-eye coordination The practice of these concepts will begin teaching learners about naturalism or drawing from life. Time permitting, students may also have the option to do a contour drawing of an object around them. Learners are encouraged to ask questions! The mastery of this concept will provide the framework for future drawings. 
	
Learners should complete this class with the ability to recognize when they’re drawing from memory rather than from what they see, know what a contour is and how to maintain a consistent line quality, improved concentration and hand-eye coordination skills, and an understanding of naturalism. Additionally, they will have completed three in-class exercises. The exercises provided in class should be practiced for mastery of contour drawing. 

***I recommend taking my one-time How to Draw Basics classes in the following order: 
#1: Materials and Value
#2: Contours
#3: Light and Value 
#4: Composition