Friday, July 17, 2009

Blind Contour Exercise


This is a "Blind Contour Drawing" of a sunflower that the birds planted by one of our bird feeders. "Blind contour" is an excellent exercise which improves hand - eye coordination and really helps you to SEE. The idea is to refrain from looking down at your paper while you slowly draw your subject, caressing the object with your eyes. If you loose your way, you can look down and reposition your pencil if need be, but while drawing, you must not look at your paper, concentrating only on following the contours of the shape. The results will not be completely accurate, but often makes for some interesting studies.

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