Contour Draw Line

Contour Draw Line

Contour Draw Line

The art teacher must devise a scheme of work fronted by a tutorial containing strong and interesting teaching strategies to entice the curiosity and bolster the confidence of art students who wish to learn to sketch.

Resources for Drawing Lessons

  • An OHP light projector or Smartboard
  • Transparencies exhibiting the images shown within figs 1, 2, 4 and 5
  • Handouts of the image shown in fig 3
  • Pencils and paper for the students

Drawing Exercise on Distorted Perception in Drawing

The art teacher may begin the drawing lesson by projecting an image of a triangle containing a dot (fig 1) and ask the students to judge by eye where the dot is in relation to the top and the bottom of the triangle. This is done by placing a cross onto a chart. This simple exercise is likely to create a split in opinion and spur a discussion. In most cases, however, the dot will be perceived to be above centre, where in fact, it is dead centre. This can be proved by measuring the position of the dot with a ruler.