Pure Contour Hand and Shoe Drawing

These are my pure contour hand and shoe drawings, where all of the lines had to be pure, meaning no hairy lines. For the pure contour hand drawing we tied an elastic band however we chose around our fingers, and it was important for us to include all of the small details. For the shoes drawing we had to pick one of our shoes, and while observing it, we drew a side, front, and top view. For materials I used a full range of dark and light graphite pencils. It was important for me to use both dark and light graphite pencils in this project because, when drawing a 3D object, you want what's closer to you to be darker, and what's farther away from you to be lighter. By doing this it's creates a better sense of shape and dimension.

Part of creating pure contour drawings is that you only add pure lines. So, we had to follow the rule to not add texture or shadow, because this would call for hairy lines, and the lines had to be pure. I used dark and light contrast to show which part of the drawing is closer and which is farther. You can see that I did this in my front view of my shoe. This is because in the front of the shoe it's dark, and you can tell that I pressed the pencil hard. While when you get farther back on the shoe its starts to get lighter, showing I used a lighter pencil and pressed more softly on my paper. My project of my shoes evolved because at first I mainly used all the same color values throughout the shoe, and then I decided it would look more realistic if I added dark and light color values.

The meaning behind these drawings is to learn what it's to draw clean and pure lines, instead of sketching. This relates to my life because I get to see my hand and my shoe from a new perspective, which is how I see it on paper. To make my artwork stronger, I would probably work more on removing excess lines and erasing smudges.