Drawing Fundamentals: Cross Contour Lines and Ellipses with Amy Wynne

Amy Wynne

Anyone can draw

Drawing Basics 2: Cross Contour Lines & Ellipses
  • 6 video lessons
  • 1 hour and 8 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
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This beginner-friendly class will teach you essential techniques for drawing realistically. Understand the three dimensional form and curved objects. Instructor Amy Wynne teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design and exhibits her work nationally, winning numerous grants and awards.

This class covers:

  • Turning 3D forms in space & using cross contour lines
  • Learning how to draw and measure height to width of ellipses
  • Applying knowledge of ellipses to drawing eggs, cylinders, coffee cups, & bananas

A series of practice pages will be provided to get you started. You’ll draw 3D forms such as an egg and a cube, and build up to drawing hands.

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Course Instructor

Amy Wynne

Amy Wynne

Amy Wynne received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from the New York Academy of Art in Manhattan and her BA from Smith College in Art History and Cultural Anthropology. She has been teaching painting and drawing for over 25 years.

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  • Katherine M. Feb 25, 2025

    Excellent explanation of turning 2D into 3D! Thank you!

  • Melisa W. Nov 19, 2020

    I am taking all of Amy's beginner drawing classes. I like them because her approach is really concise and just very helpful. I am learning lots of techniques. I was one of those "I don't have talent" people and this makes me realize it's a skill anyone can learn if they want to. Thanks Amy!!

  • Joy H. Aug 28, 2020

    I've SO wanted to learn to draw and have tried different things, I've tried tracing photos, creating a grid and then putting in the lines section by section, but this is teaching us more - the ideas behind just the mechanics. I love she tells us to feel a connection with the objects we're drawing. I really feel like I'm getting better.

  • Ariana G. Jul 14, 2017

    I have been drawing for years, but didn't realize the relationship of the shapes I have been looking at. Amy teaches fundamentals in an easy to visualize, non-judgemental manner. She sets up a framework of skills that build to each more complex concept and gives real world application. Loved it!

  • R. Jul 13, 2017

    This was one of my favorite classes. Amy is a very patient and thorough instructor. I have taken many drawing classes but I really loved her approach. I'm looking at the world differently!

  • Cynthia M. Jul 12, 2017

    Clearly explained concepts. Well thought out for the building blocks of drawing, from shape to line quality to shading. Gave me confidence and desire to keep on drawing.

  • richelle S. Jul 12, 2017

    Amy explained the process in simple terms that were easy to understand. She made it seem so doable! can't wait to fill my sketchbook :)

  • L. Jul 12, 2017

    A great course to learn how an artist visualizes objects to make their drawings look 3-dimensional on a 2-dimensional surface (such as your paper). Awesome!

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