Mark-Making Exercises

Developing a visual vocabulary through mark-making

continuous Line

A continuous line drawing is one in which a single, unbroken line is used to develop the image. Once you place your pen or pencil on the surface, do not remove it until the drawing is complete. The line can double back on itself becoming thicker in areas, but it should never break.

Blind Contour Toy

blind contour, continuous Line

stuffed animal blind contour drawing

Blind Contour drawing helps match speed of looking with speed […]

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Draw your Shoe

blind contour, continuous Line

Gather Materials: Today’s Exercise Blind Contour draw your shoe Reflections

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Automatic Drawing

automatic drawing, continuous Line, surrealist

squiggly line drawing

One strategy surrealists used was automatic drawing. On a blank

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Blind Contour Self Portrait

blind contour, continuous Line

self portrait blind continuous line

A continuous line drawing is one in which a single,

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Observe then draw blind

blind contour, continuous Line, mind's eye, non-dominant hand

blind contour non-dominant hand drawing

This is a blind contour, continuous line drawing using first

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