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Not Looking is looking Pretty Good!
Jennifer Nicholls of Inkfinger has started up a round of Blind Contour drawing. In case you need a little background, a blind contour is a method of line-drawing where you focus on a scene or object, and draw what you see without looking down at the paper or lifting your pen. It's a good way to shake things up if you've gotten too rigid in your daily doodling routine. In case you're wondering what the hell it is I drew, it's a pair of needlenose pliers. Although... there's only one... so is it really a pair? Crap. No one read this!Today's Participants
Here's a list of today's other contourists. Give em' a look, and enjoy the results. Feel free to try one of your own! After which, have a sandwich. A Monte Cristo would be pretty good. Yes... eat it. Eat the sandwich...Comments on this Article
There are currently 11 comments.
2. McMullen
I've tried this method before. Sitting in my office looking outside and drawing people who are sun bathing usually just ends up getting someone in trouble. Maybe I need to focus on my Swingline Stapler.
3. niff
you get so much form and line weight, even when you don't look. you jerk! haha....
nice one kev.
5. Joachim
I tried the Blind Contour, and, well, my result is in the URL :)
blind contour is really interesting, I think i'll practice some more. Though I like drawing without lifting the pen, drawing without looking at the paper is another problem...
7. Biggest Apple
Cool. I remember doing those in my old freehand drawing classes.
8. wayne
i wrote a blind contour poem once, and strangely enough, it looked just like kevin's drawing. (it was a poem about pomegranates.)
9. Fiona
I used to have to do blind contours of faces...word of advice, never ever do a blind contour of a friend's face...especially if they have self-image problems!
10. bearskinrug
Anders, you and I will just have to start some sort of club boycotting the term "pair" for non-duplicate items. Like "A Pair Against Non-Pairs".
McMullen - Serves you right for working next to that nudist colony...
Wayne - I would actually like to see how a blind contour poem turns out... how good are you at writing with your eyes closed?
Fiona - We've actually done a handful of face blind contours... let me tell you, Niff did a Stan that turned out pretty scary. Yet, it's still really good!
11. niff
hey! i even drew that in the dark.
Maybe one week the theme for BCF will have to be faces.
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1. Anders
I too don't get the deal with pairs that aren't really two, like scissors and pants...