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Blind contour drawing is a drawing exercise, where an artist draws the contour of a subject without looking at the paper. The artistic technique was introduced by Kimon Nicolaïdes in The Natural Way to Draw, and it is further popularized by Betty Edwards as "pure contour drawing" in The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
Ian Sklarsky is an artist who creates blind contour portraits using pen, ink, and water color. [1] Inspired by how blind contour requires an artist to remain focused on the subject without distraction, Sklarsky’s ongoing series of artworks are drawn with just a single line and without looking at the sketch until finished. [2]
In a continuous-line drawing, the artist looks both at the subject and the paper, moving the medium over the paper, and creating a silhouette of the object. Like blind contour drawing, contour drawing is an artful experience that relies more on sensation than perception; it's important to be guided by instinct. [2]
(Harmon's papers are available in the Archives of American Art.) [9] His influence on the teaching of drawing has been long-lasting and substantial, and his book is still in use today. In brief, he taught drawing by (1) exploring the edge of the subject with 'contour drawing', (2) encouraging free and rapid 'gesture drawing', (3) encouraging ...
James Culleton is a Canadian contemporary multimedia artist and designer based in Saint Boniface, a city ward of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He specializes in blind-contour drawing and sculpture, and his work has been exhibited across Canada and into the United States. [1]
What's So Special About Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton?, a video by the Topeka Library, demonstrating blind contour drawing. Don Lambert, Lynn Bretz, and Suzanne Burdick, Through the Looking Glass: Drawings by Elizabeth Layton (Mid-America Arts Alliance 1984; exhibition catalog).
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The drawing is related to the painting W23 : Three Scribes: c. 1628-1629: Pen, brush: 22.6 x 17.6 cm: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: The drawing is related to the painting W23 : Old Man with Outspread Arms: c. 1628-1629?? Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden: The drawing is related to the etching B095 : Study for Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver: c ...