Art lovers can peruse a contour sketching demo, clay art created by students and myriad drawings, paintings and photography to the background of jazz music at the Grayslake Art Alliance’s art show ...

Drawing depends first on really seeing what’s in front of you, contour drawing can help train your hand to follow your eyes. By Diane Olivier Over the years, people develop a manner of “seeing” that ...

We love to separate art into neat categories, painting, drawing, sculpture, as if they belong to different worlds. But what ...

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contour drawing - shows outlines, shapes and edges but not fine detail, texture, tone or colour cross contour drawing - uses lines drawn across surfaces to suggest their depth and form tonal study - ...