53 MODULE 1: TERM 1 – Introducing the world of design
Activity 11 Exercise
a) Let’s see if you can describe the lines in the pictures on the previous two pages (51 – 52). Write down the number of each picture (1 – 13) and see if you can describe the lines: the feelings or emotions you think each line communicates, the line’s function, and characteristics. Share your inter- pretation with your friends and see what they think.
b) Contour drawing Before we start, what exactly is a contour drawing and why is it important for you to learn this if you do Design and not Art? To become a good designer you really need to develop and sharpen your observational skills and attention to detail. So one can say in this case that it is certainly more about learning the habit of observing and having the correct mindset, which in the future will stand you in good stead in reaching your full potential and eventually help you excel in your future career. Tis is also a vital part of developing your drawing skills, which is as important to develop than any of your other skills. Don’t think for a moment that because you do Design and not Art you wont need good drawing skills. To get into any design or architectural school you first need to show off your drawing skills and hand in a portfolio that should include a number of quality sketches. Te decision makers make a lot of your potential and abilities by simply looking at the quality of your drawings. Tis could mean the difference between enrolling into a design or architectural school or not.
A contour drawing is also known as a continuous-line drawing. In other words, once you have placed your drawing tool on the paper you are not allowed to pick it up until you have completed your drawing. You are going to sketch the contour of your object, in this case a green pepper, by drawing continuous lines that result in a drawing that is con- torted and or abstracted. In other words your drawing is not meant to look like the real thing. It is more important that you follow the rules. You might think that drawing the contour of your object means to draw only the outline. It is important to note that any 3D object do not only consist of an outer shape or outline. Tere are actually many shapes within a shape and a contour drawing is supposed to also convey the length, width, thickness and depth of the object; in other words the ‘body and weight’ of the object. When you draw the contour of a 2D shape, you are drawing the outline of a flat shape, as there is no ‘body’ to draw! Have a look at the two examples.
Let’s see how you do with your own contour drawing. Study the examples on this and the next two pages and you will realise that these were all done by using a continuous line. Te exercise itself is more important than the end result.
Take a green pepper or any other vegetable or fruit, such as a butternut, tomato, orange or apple. We still prefer the green pepper. It has a very interesting shape, detail and a variety of texture on the surface, both inside and out. Cut it in half. Keep your A4 piece of paper and your drawing tool ready. Place the two green pepper halves in front of you and start investigating by looking, and observe all the different shapes, line, detail and maybe even repetitive patterns created by the pips.
Make sure that you have placed your halves in an interesting composition in front of you and start drawing. Remem- ber, a contour drawing is a continuous- line drawing and you are not allowed to pick up your pencil or pen once you have started to draw. It is more important to slow down and really look at what you are drawing than to worry about what your drawing looks like. So try to avoid looking at your drawing. One way of de- veloping your general drawing skills is to continue doing contour drawings.
Tis will also teach you to draw what you really see and not what you think you see.
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