Blind contour drawing

BLIND CONTOUR
BLIND CONTOUR
Blind contour drawing is a method of drawing, where the student, fixing their eyes on the outline of the
the student, fixing their eyes on the outline of the model or object, draws the contour very slowly in a steady, continuous line without lifting the pencil or looking at the paper. The student may look at the paper to place an internal feature, but once they begin to draw it they do not glance down but follows the same
draw it, they do not glance down, but follows the same procedure as for the outline. A well‐done blind contour drawing frequently has sufficient quality and character to be preserved as a work of art.
Opposite Hand Drawing
Opposite Hand Drawing
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slow down and really observe what is happening, as opposed to going into “Auto Pilot Mode ” When drawing, we don
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time to put thought into what we are seeing.
• When we mentally switch gears, we force our brain to really focus on the task at hand.
• At first, this technique feels awkward and even a bit uncomfortable; but with time and
bit uncomfortable; but with time and perseverance‐ it becomes easy and second nature.
Drawing From Life
Drawing From Life
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The Highlights show how light hits an object, the Shade area is the place where the light can not hit, the Shadow is the area on the ground that shows where the light is coming from, the Reflected light is the light that bounces off things, the ground, etc. and lastly, the Back shading
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It separates the two objects, creating a background or edge for the lighter side of the form or object.
Drawing From Life
Drawing From Life
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Start slowly.
slowly. Think about composition, space, Think about composition, space,
shape and form. Start with simple dots to show on the paper where the top, bottom, and sides should be of each object. Then use contour lines to lightly sketch the objects in. D il i
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details when all other lines appear correct, then value after that You will be amazed at
then value after that. You will be amazed at how well you can suddenly draw after beginning step by step
beginning step by step. Doodle
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drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes.
• Stereotypical examples of doodling are found in school notebooks, Stereotypical examples of doodling are found in school notebooks
often in the margins, drawn by students daydreaming or losing interest during class. Other common examples of doodling are produced during long telephone conversations if a pen and paper are available.
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• Popular kinds of doodles include cartoon versions of teachers or companions in a school, famous TV or comic characters, invented fictional beings landscapes geometric shapes textures banners
fictional beings, landscapes, geometric shapes, textures, banners with legends, and animations made by drawing a scene sequence in various pages of a book or notebook.
Doodle
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According to a study published by Applied to a study published by Applied
Cognitive Psychology, doodling helps a person'ss memory significantly. The study was person
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done by Professor Jackie Andrade, of the School of Psychology at the University of
School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth. [2]
OEKAKI
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oekaki (お絵描き?) is the Japanese is the Japanese
term to describe the act of drawing, meaning "doodle or scribble".
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In published compilations of their materials, numerous historical figures have left behind doodles Erasmus drew comical faces in
figures have left behind doodles. Erasmus drew comical faces in the margins of his manuscripts and John Keats drew flowers in his medical note‐books during lectures. Ralph Waldo Emerson, as a student at Harvard, decorated his composition books with somber, classical doodles, such as ornamental scrolls. In one p
place, he sketched a man whose feet have been bitten off by a ,
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great fish swimming nearby and added the caption, “My feet are gone. I am a fish. Yes, I am a fish!” In many other situations he commented that they helped with compositions Stanislaw Ulam
commented that they helped with compositions. Stanislaw Ulam
the mathematician is another example: he discovered the Ulam
spiral while doodling during an academic conference. The Ulam
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on a famous quote by famous dadaist
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Based on a famous quote by famous dadaist
on a famous quote by famous dadaist
(DaDa was a reaction to WWI , which many artists saw as nothing more than an insane spectacle of collective homicide. They tried to embrace chaos and irrationality –with anti‐war politics with a rejection of the prevailing
politics with a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti‐art cultural works.) Vladimir Mayakovsky The original quote is:
Vladimir Mayakovsky. The original quote is:
• "Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it."
hammer with which to shape it.