<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">contour drawing</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>blind contour drawing</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>cross-contour drawing</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>drawing techniques</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>contour line drawing</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>drawing, contour</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Line drawing technique, often used as a training exercise, where the artist or student draws an outline of a subject without lifting their pencil from paper, and without glancing down at the drawing. The method was popularized by Kimon Nicolaïdes in his book The Natural Way to Draw (1941). ]]></note></mads>