{"id":264,"date":"2019-12-12T01:55:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T01:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/?p=264"},"modified":"2019-12-12T01:55:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T01:55:11","slug":"cross-contour-still-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/blog\/2019\/12\/12\/cross-contour-still-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-Contour Still Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191114_143318-696x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A Cross-Contour still life drawing of a spring, a ball, a vase, and a metal comb in grey with white contour lines. The background is orange,\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191114_143318-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191114_143318-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191114_143318-768x1130.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191114_143318-1044x1536.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191114_143318-1392x2048.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191114_143318-1200x1766.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191114_143318-scaled.jpg 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this drawing, I wanted to do a still life with some negative space qualities, as well as use cross contour and shading to give the objects depth in an interesting way. First, I drew out the objects in the still-life, then I drew the contour lines in. After that, I shaded in the shapes, letting the graphite contrast with the contour lines. Finally, I filled in the background to contrast with the objects in the frame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think the visual effect could have been better executed with a more consistent background color, as well as shaded the shapes in darker to make the white color pop more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said, I&#8217;m happy with the concept and now have something to further develop if I want to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this drawing, I wanted to do a still life with some negative space qualities, as well as use cross contour and shading to give the objects depth in an interesting way. First, I drew out the objects in the still-life, then I drew the contour lines in. After that, I shaded in the shapes, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/blog\/2019\/12\/12\/cross-contour-still-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cross-Contour Still Life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,48,7,3],"tags":[51,43,52],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contour-and-cross-contour-line","category-cross-hatching-and-topographical-marks","category-negative-and-positive-shapes","category-value","tag-color","tag-cross-contour","tag-orange"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/art\/104-2019f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}