Fine Pens Finishes Frames Gift Cert. The HR Meininger Company 2001, All Rights Reserved. Artists generally draw and paint certain types of subject matter. The artist paints the countryside, mountains, oceans, or city scenes. Today, as an artist, you will concentrate on drawing a still life or picture with objects in it.
Contour drawing -A contour drawing is a simple way to start drawing.
In this exercise you will focus on the outline or edges of the object. For fun you can do this without even looking at your paper. Lines will overlap and that's okay. You are just focusing on the edges that define the object. Shaded or Value Drawing-A value drawing shows the light and dark areas of an object or group of objects.