Explore the links below to see how the Continuous Line Drawing Exercise can be embedded in teaching and learning to help improve and inspire drawing skills. It can be used in a variety of contexts to develop a whole range of skills, including:
Skills:
Careful observation
Hand eye coordination
Slowing down, tuning in
Seeing detail
Seeing relationships between parts
Mark Making (via pressure and speed)
Contexts:
Research before an activity, ie. looking and drawing before painting or making
Transition (to calm or settle)
Development (continuous line drawings over other types of marks)
Explorations:
Mono Printing
Urban Sketching
Natural Landscape
Life Drawing
Portraits
Drawing Movement
Fabric and Fashion
Reflections
Flora and Fauna