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Blind Contour Drawing

Learning to draw accurately depends on many hours of practicing the skill of coordinating your visual skills with your drawing hand, until your eyes and hand work together effortlessly. This fun project enhances your observation skills by encouraging you to very closely examine your subject. In essence, you draw by looking only at your drawing subject, rather than your subject and your pencil and paper.

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drawgirl 6 hours ago
These are awfully good compared to mine. I tried to comment on Sebastian's workflow but can't work out how to do it. I need as much practice with this website as I do with the drawing :)
KitsuneTsuki Jan.21st 2012
It's not easy drawing a stapler this way. It definitely looked like it exploded in one of my attempts.
Mollee Jan.5th 2012
this looks hard!
meeya Jan.3rd 2012
well not bad...i didn't expected ds...my drawings r quite nice....
crayonsandklainbows Dec.26th 2011
Oh my God, my draw looks awful... I need to practice more
0star Dec.17th 2011
So my cell phone somehow managed to look like a hand grenade cannon... or a gun... >_>
Zoni Dec.13th 2011
it was hard to take my eyes off my drawing, i just had to peek. nice!
Goofyeiei Dec.13th 2011
Very fun lesson. It requires good eye hand coordination
TheStro Nov.28th 2011
Need a lot of practice!!
Katymay Nov.21st 2011
what fun and what a revelation
john11 Nov.8th 2011
I apologize that my little blind contour drawings were submitted upside down. I am a newbie to scanning and submitting. I'll get them rightside up next time! The drawings aren't labeled, either, ugh. So to label them. IF it were rightside up! the left corner is a glass lamp with a glass shade floating above it. In the upper right corner is a glass vase with an egg shaped stopper. The middle image is a brass box with dome top and finial, on small feet. To the right is my hand. And then in bottom left corner is a glass vase and in right bottom corner is a couch bolster with a tassel.
minos Nov.25th 2011
Who cares? Your upside-down drawing will just give our right brains more much-needed practice!
wesleysdf Nov.6th 2011
o_O
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