Contour line

• 1. Line

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• Line is perhaps the most fundamental building block of art.

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• 2 artists exemplify the usage of line

• • Pablo Picasso

• • Henri Matisse

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• The most basic way to use line in drawing is throughcontour lines

• Contour lines: Contour means "outline", and presents exterior edges of objects. A plain contour has a clean, connected line, no shading and emphasizes an open "shell" of the subject.

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