How to Draw Contours of a Cylinder
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How to Draw Contours of a Cylinder
Contours of a cylinder, depending on the virtual intersecting plane, are ovals or straight lines.
Do not confuse contours with outlines. There is just one outline for a cylinder, but indefinite contours because it is possible to "dissect" a cylinder with imaginary planes at any angle you wish.
Contours of a cylinder can serve a very useful purpose of describing the cylinder's three-dimensional shape and also you can use directions of contours to hatch pencil strokes along those contours when rendering tonal values of cylindrical objects.
Drawing contours helps to depict such cylindrical objects like cans, mugs, vases, columns, arms and legs, neck, fingers, etc. more convincing and believable.
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