An introduction to contour line drawing and the work of Michael Craig Martin.

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Michael Craig-Martin
Conceptual Artist, Sculptor and Painter

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What do you see?

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How many objects do you see?

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How many objects do you see?

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…and now?

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How would you describe his work?
 Flat
 Graphic
 Minimalist
 Line drawing
 Characterless
 The everyday
 Without relative scale
 Accurate
 Overlapping
 Juxtaposed

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Let’s draw
The common mistakes when
drawing a cylinder include:
 not drawing an ellipse
 not drawing parallel lines
 drawing a flat bottom

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Activity
Using a fine tip pen or black biro draw the
objects on the table.
You have 3 minutes to draw each item
before you have to move on to the next.
You decide on layout, composition and
scale.
You will need to look carefully and observe
each object.

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Some colour
What does adding colour
do to the image?