Class 4- In class exercise In class we were asked to spend the full 2 and a half hours doing contour line sketches of 25 different objects. Some objects were man made and some were found in nature. It was important that we had a variety of objects that we were drawing. Our inspiration for this assignments was Andy Warhol's contour line drawings. Andy Warhol was an American artist born on August 6, 1928. As a child, Andy became interested and quite good at drawing. Soon after picking up drawing, he picked up photography. In his later life, as a young adult, he moved to New York City to pursue his dream as a commercial artist. His contour line drawings became very popular and were very simple. Using mostly a ball point, Andy claimed that he was constantly erasing and redoing sections of his pieces. He wanted to just simply be free and not have to worry about fixing or editing. The freeness of the contour line drawings is what inspired our class. By doing 25 objects in 2 and a half hours, you didn't really have time to be precise and really focus on detail. In Andy Warhol's contour line drawing examples below, you will clearly see the simplicity in the pieces, but you will also be able to see how interesting they truly turned out to be. My Contour Line DrawingsI found this line exercise to be relaxing, but I am also used to erasing and editing my pieces. It was hard to not necessarily focus on the individual small details, but to instead look at the drawing as a whole. The following images are my 25 contour line drawings. After completing the contour line drawings, we were told to take one and turn it into something. I chose to use the toothbrush and make a logo for my dentist (Patty V. Thompson DMD). I drew the logo, but it can also be easily digitalized and printed on scrubs or stationary.
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Eric Reichelt
10/25/2017 10:34:05 am
I love your blog Kennedy! I'm very proud of you. Have you ever looked at the work of Egon Schiele? He was kind of disturbed...
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