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…

You may have heard about blind contour drawings before but never really knew what they were or how to do them. I'm going to teach you everything you need to know!

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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…

Contour drawing of still-life with permanent marker

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