Today I am going to teach you one of my very favorite ways to draw. The drawing in my picture looks pretty funny, huh? You know why? It's because when I drew it, I DIDN'T LOOK AT MY PAPER. #1 is my hand and #2 is a glue stick.
If you are asking yourself why I would choose to do that, it's because this type of drawing is actually an exercise. It's called "Blind Contour" drawing. "Blind" because you aren't looking at the paper, and "Contour" because you are using line only to draw. No color or shading (though there is nothing saying you couldn't do that afterwards).
Blind contour drawing is really good for practicing really looking at what you are drawing. When we learned about Still Life this year, we talked about the importance of drawing the details of the objects you were drawing. When you are only looking at the object you are drawing and NOT the paper, you are not stressing out about making a terrible drawing. In fact, your drawing probably WILL be terrible (in a great way).
Here are ways to make the best possible Blind Contour Drawing:
1. Choose two or three objects to draw. If you are very brave, you could try drawing a person.
2. When you are drawing, NO LOOKING at your paper. The whole time. Till you are done.
3. Draw very slowly. The more slowly you draw, the more details you will be able to include.
4. Don't lift up your pencil or sharpie the entire time you are drawing. This means you will make extra lines that you normally would not make in a drawing.
5. Don't just draw the outline of the object you are drawing, draw as many details as you can.
Good luck, Timberwolves. Blind contour drawing is really fun because you make some pretty crazy drawings, but it's actually an activity that a lot of professional artists use for warm up or drawing practice.
Until Tomorrow,
Artfully Yours
Mrs. Starbuck
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