1. Drawing

2. Contour In art, the line that defines the outmost limits of an object or a drawn or painted shape. It is sometimes considered to be synonymous with outline; as such, it indicates an edge that also may be defined by the extremities of dark, light, texture, or color.

3. OutlineContour

4. Ellsworth KellyBriar

5. Quick contourStudent work

6. Dennis Sopczynski

7. Student work

10. Slow contourStudent work

11. Exaggerated contourStudent work

12. Juan GrisPortrait of Max Jacob

13. Cross-contour A line that moves across a shape or object to define the surface undulations between the outermost edges.

14. Topographical map

15. Student work

16. Don Kirby Bluegrass, Jackson Rd. WA

17. Harold TovishContour Drawing

18. Student work

19. Hatching and Cross-hatching Repeated strokes of an art tool, producing clustered (usually parallel) lines that create values. In cross-hutching, similar lines pass over the hatched lines in a different direction, usually resulting in darker values.

20. Student work

21. Laura Serifin Hand: Pen and ink

22. Kathe Kollwitz Hand Studies

23. Andres ZornThe Toast

24. Sy Ross Untitled