A CONTOUR DRAWING FULL
Do this exercise once a day for a full week. Whether you are at home, heading downtown to the post office or walking the crowded streets of Bangkok, pull out your trusty sketchbook and give a blind contour drawing a chance. Did I see more details of her when creating my gestural drawing because I had already spent time looking at her solely with the blind drawings? With practice of this technique, I’m sure the answer would be “yes!” Art School: Gestural/Contour Drawing (15min) by Wanderlust Designer Full Comparison of Blind Contour/Semi Contour and Contour Drawings Art School: Blind Contour Drawings Comparison by Wanderlust Designer Since I kept this quite gestural, it is still very rough, but does provide enough accuracy to clearly identify the statue as well as many of the details (the flame torch, her tablet, the draping of her clothes, the tourists, etc.) This drawing was fun to do after I had done the blind and semi-blind exercises. Art School: Semi-Blind Contour (3min) by Wanderlust DesignerĪ contour drawing (or gestural as my drawing is below) allows you to not only look at the object your are drawing but also at your paper. So a quick glance to place your pencil back in the drawing (or replace your pencil if you have moved off the paper!) The goal is to again, focus your attention on the object itself and not the paper, but allow yourself a few furtive peeks! As you can see from my drawing below, the Statue of Liberty is a bit more detailed than a full blind contour and I do have a few more markings (like in the base of the statue) that are placed relatively accurately, but the drawing still remains quite expressive. Art School: Blind Contour (2min) by Wanderlust DesignerĪ semi-blind contour drawing (sometimes called a modified contour) is where you do allow yourself to look at your paper while drawing, but very minimally.
In fact it’s quite crude, but ironically, even with the odd sizing and scribbly lines, there is no mistaking what this is and where I was. As you can see from the time it took to draw this, it is no master piece.
Blind Contour Drawingīelow is an example of a blind contour drawing I did of the Statue of Liberty. Whether you are waiting in line for the Notre Dame in Paris, or sitting on a park bench in Washington Square Park, a blind contour is the ideal drawing exercise to capture that moment. It’s also the perfect art exercise when you are on the go. It’s a simple art exercise that does not take much time, but can build your drawing skills and produce whimsical outcomes. Blind contours also have the benefit of improving your eye hand coordination. Obviously, since you are not looking at your paper, it doesn’t always translate like you expect, but sometimes these haphazard drawings can be quite fun.
The purpose of this type of drawing is to have your brain focus solely on the object – to really look at it and see it for all it’s details. Art School: Blind Contour Exercises by Wanderlust DesignerĪ blind contour drawing is where you only look at the object you are drawing, and not at the paper you are drawing on.
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