Cross Contour Drawing is when the artist draws lines going either horizontal or vertical or both. The artist then uses the lines to describe the dept and or the roundness of an object.  In cross contour you use the lines to make the form of the object you are drawing. In some cases of cross contour the use of hatching is use to show characteristics and the mass of an object.  

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