Put Your Sketching Abilities to the Test

A technique focusing on the subject's style by drawing lines that create an outline.

To emphasize the subject's mass and volume, not the fine details.

It provides a sturdy base for more advanced drawing and painting techniques.

Contour drawing shows form and space, outline drawing is just edges.

To force your eye to follow the subject's edge as your pencil moves.

Continuous-line focuses on sensation, contour drawing conveys 3D.

It can modify the subject's form, adding depth or shadow.

To practice drawing a series of bodies in still form.

Accent or cast shadow, depending on the line's darkness.