Exercise 1 – Contour and Blind Contour Portraits

Drawings made using one line – without lifting pen from paper – are known as contour drawings. Taking that even further are blind contour drawings; they are created without ever looking at the paper. Making blind drawings forces the eyes to focus on the subject, rather than the drawing, and actually notice the subject’s details.

The following three are normal contour drawings, so I could look at the page. It’s probably pretty obvious, though!

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