Please get a blank piece of paper and quietly draw your hand.

This is an independent activity.

I see many different typesof hand turkeys…

thumbs up!

We are going to learn how to draw what you actually see today!

Contour – What is that!?

• Watch the Videohttp://vimeo.com/8369355• The outline of a object; the edge or line that

defines or bounds a shape or object.

Blind Contour Drawing Tutorial

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKHVqbM_xLU

• http://vimeo.com/6390933

Blind Contour Line DrawingDrawing the contour of a subject without looking at the paper.

Try it on your paper

• Use your hand model and pose your hand• Squint your eyes/ try using one eye only• Pretend there are tiny ants crawling around

the contour• Do not peak at your paper

Modified Contour Line DrawingDrawing the contour of a subject with peaking at the paper every once and awhile.

Try it on your paper

• Use your hand model and pose your hand• Squint your eyes/ try using one eye only• Pretend there are tiny ants crawling around

the contour• You can peak every once and a while• Should be looking at hand more than at paper

Animoto of Observational Shoe Drawings - Student Examples

• http://animoto.com/play/DrWpaj3D48uO4YOozoY9DA

Setting Up an Interesting Composition

• Proportions of your shoes – How big or small will they be?

• Put your shoes in an interesting pose• Will you use your paper landscape or portrait?• How will you fill your page?

• Additional Information on Composition• http://emptyeasel.com

/2006/11/24/9-steps-to-creating-better-compositions/

Boring Shoe Pose

Interesting Shoe Pose

How will your shoes fit on your paper?

Or…

RemindersBlind Contour Drawing Tutorial

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoGAXg6m4Gc

• Squint your eyes/ use one eye only• Think about the ants crawling around your

object.• Draw it in the air first.• Squint with one eye.

WARM UP

• On a scrap piece of paper• Practice doing a blind contour drawing of your

hand• This is a good way to get ready for your shoe

drawing today

Shoe Drawing Reminders

Remember to draw light, until you’ve got it right!

SHHHHHHHIs your pencil whispering?

Remember the details!!!!

What is Empathy?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0DZSOd4D3o&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_1Rt1R4xbM

• What would it feel like to walk in someone else's shoes for the day?