Another project we did for our spring art show was contour line drawings. We drew a tricycle, rain boots, and an umbrella. We used a nice-off white drawing paper and felt tip pens.
A contour line is a line that follows the contour of a subject; or follows the outline and includes wrinkles, bumps, insides of folds, outlines of highlights,etc.
How to do it- look at something, put your pen on the paper, let your pen take a walk on the paper where your eye travels. Like making a map of what you see. No lifting the pen, that's cheating, it's supposed to be one continuous line that goes up, down, in and out, and makes a picture. :)
It can be hard. I let little kids cheat a bit. Once you get the hang of it it's a great exercise to get yourself to really "see" what you're looking at; to get to know your subject. Contour line drawings also look really great- a nice simple piece to frame and hang on the wall.
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