Blind contour 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…

Try the fun and easy drawing exercise: blind contour drawing. Look at your reference and don't look at your paper while you drwa the outline of the figure. It can yield some unpredictable results, but can also help to improve hand eye coordination. #blindcontourdrawing #drawingexercises #contourdrawing #fundrawing #drawingstudents #beginnerdrawing #improvedrawing #outlinedrawing #gesturedrawing

Before you start this artwork, I would suggest you talk to students about the difference between various drawing techniques. I got th...

Blind Contour Drawing

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…

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What is a blind contour? lb2011 A Blind contour drawing is done when the artist looks intently at EDGES of an object, but never looks at the paper while the pencil moves. We call it “blind” because we are not allowed to look at the drawing paper while the pencil mov...

blind contour drawing "La Pina" debyagerart.com

Blind Contour| Line drawing by Daniela Serna Giraldo.

Simple Instructions and examples for Blind Contour Drawing.

People of Leeds | Blind Contour | Line Drawing by Daniela Serna Giraldo

a one-line, pen and ink, blind contour drawing of my couch

Plant: A Blind Contour All throughout my years in art school, I hated blind contour drawing. Forcing myself to sit in focused silence was truly painful. However, recently I've begun to see its value. Forcing me to focus on the process over the product, has made me a better artist.

schiele, contour drawing

February James - Blind Contour Line Drawing

Continuous line blind contour by February James

Blind contour drawing is a fun way to see how accurately we can draw when we observe something very carefully, by looking at it and not looking away.