1. Line Drawings and Blind Contour

2. Give That Left Brain a Break!
Blind contour drawing is the time-honored gateway to understanding realistic, representational drawing,
You may find that you will struggle to figure out what you should be seeing and to trust that not looking at their paper will actually facilitate what you’re truly seeing.
Many people typically draw too quickly to catch details that you might miss without really SEEING and sneak peeks at their paper, losing necessary focus on your subject.
The goal is to NOT LOOK at what you are drawing but to look at the object ONLY

3. Examples of Line Drawings
What is a one-line drawing?
A drawing that uses one continuous line without any breaks

12. Examples of Blind Contours
What is a blind contour?
A type of one-line drawing in which the artist is drawing the subject without looking at the drawing paper

24. Line Drawing Project

25. Project Description
For this project, you will be required to use what you have learned about one-line drawings and blind contour drawings and either…
(1) Create a series (minimum of 3-5 drawings depending on the complexity) of either a one-line drawing or blind contour (colour or black and white)
(2) Create one large drawing of either a one-line drawing or blind contour (colour or black and white) with multiple subjects (minimum of 3 subjects)
3D Translation: You will pick ONE (minimum) line drawing or blind contour that you have done and create a 3D wire sculpture

26. How You Will Be Marked Process – Sketchbook Studio Process Work
This includes the studio work that we did together as a class as well as your own practice
Any images that you found interesting glued into your sketchbook
Final Art Piece
Written Reflection
Observation and Conversation
Participation and clean up

27. Some examples of how you can make it into a series…

37. Some examples of multiple subjects in one piece…

44. Some examples of 3D translation…