Blind drawing

Blind contour drawing Students draw 6-7 blind contour drawings of various objects, people or body parts. Various-sized boundaries are drawn around each drawing using cropping L's, activating the format (subject matter is touching at least 3 sides of the format), paying attention to the composition and focal point created in each image. 1 or 2 favorite drawings are chosen by the student and shapes are colored in using black (sharpie), white (paper), and gray (pencil). Line drawing is…

since everyone else did blind contour self portraits last week, i thought that i would play catch up. i also thought i'd venture out into the world of moving the pen off of the paper to see what the results would be. another difference is that i thought i'd use my pen instead. since shading isn't an issue, i thought it'd be a safe venture. this is the first one that i did. it's funny when you find that you like your blind contour self portraits better than your more planned out, high effort…

February James - Blind Contour Line Drawing

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Since I posted my blind contour drawing yesterday on my blog (scroll down) I have been contacted by Peggy Stermer-Cox who hosts a "blind contour drawing" blog site! Who knew? How fun is that? The one to the left is the featured drawing right now (by Dan Haase). Click here to take look at this interesting blog! My first introduction to blind contour drawing as in Betty Edwards now famous book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. If you haven't tried it, take a minute. No rules. Just do not…