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Description
Again with the contour drawings.

Assignment:

By Wednesday, February 1, 2012, complete a modified contour line drawing of your hand, opposite your drawing hand, holding an object. This drawing should take approximately 10–15 minutes.
• Begin by setting up your drawing paper on a vertical surface such as a drawing board leaning against the back of a chair or an easel, so that it's parallel to the picture plane. Make sure your paper is secure and will not move. Place your paper 90 degrees away from your body, so that your subject is outside of your peripheral vision.
• Place your pencil on your paper and draw the contour of your opposite hand holding an object by pretending your eyes are an ant crawling very slowly along the contours and cross-contours of your subject as you did in the previous assignment. Your eyes and your hand should be moving together at the same slow speed.
• Look at your paper as often as you like to orient yourself but do not move the pencil while you're looking at your paper.
• Keep your eyes on your subject and slowly draw one continuous line. Do not lift your pencil off the paper, except to reposition it if you get too far from where the contour line should actually be.
• Pick out every detail. This exercise is designed to train your eye to see all the variations of the contour of an object. It is also an exercise in hand-eye coordination to train your hand and eye to move together.
• Again, this may feel very uncomfortable to you—but force yourself to do it. Remember, this is about the process of visual investigation, not necessarily a finished drawing.
• Create several drawings if need be. Make adjustments, but keep your pencil on the paper at all times!

Description
Again with the contour drawings.

Assignment:

By Wednesday, February 1, 2012, complete a modified contour line drawing of your hand, opposite your drawing hand, holding an object. This drawing should take approximately 10–15 minutes.
• Begin by setting up your drawing paper on a vertical surface such as a drawing board leaning against the back of a chair or an easel, so that it's parallel to the picture plane. Make sure your paper is secure and will not move. Place your paper 90 degrees away from your body, so that your subject is outside of your peripheral vision.
• Place your pencil on your paper and draw the contour of your opposite hand holding an object by pretending your eyes are an ant crawling very slowly along the contours and cross-contours of your subject as you did in the previous assignment. Your eyes and your hand should be moving together at the same slow speed.
• Look at your paper as often as you like to orient yourself but do not move the pencil while you're looking at your paper.
• Keep your eyes on your subject and slowly draw one continuous line. Do not lift your pencil off the paper, except to reposition it if you get too far from where the contour line should actually be.
• Pick out every detail. This exercise is designed to train your eye to see all the variations of the contour of an object. It is also an exercise in hand-eye coordination to train your hand and eye to move together.
• Again, this may feel very uncomfortable to you—but force yourself to do it. Remember, this is about the process of visual investigation, not necessarily a finished drawing.
• Create several drawings if need be. Make adjustments, but keep your pencil on the paper at all times!