When you first start blind contour drawing you don’t have a lot of control over what you are drawing. The first contour drawing (blind) allowed me to successfully create further drawings below it, a seen continuous-line drawing and observational sketch, while keeping the important elements of the shell I had observed. The shell drawings were part of some initial drawings in my sketchbook for some cabinet of curiosity artwork.
The blind contour drawing of the shell (top drawing) took seconds to create, but still capture the essence. My blind contour drawings of a boy, a shell and portrait are some examples from my sketchbook. They allow you to loosen up, experiment and play while also allowing the essence, the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality, of the subject matter (which determines its character), to shine through in your drawing. Gesture, in drawing terms, means ‘the action of the hand and drawing tool as they follow the movement of the eye while it scans’ the object/s or figure/s searching for meaning (Stanyer and Rosenberg, 2003:10).Ĭontour drawings certainly form an important part of my preparatory work and I find they are good initial warm up exercise when you first approach a new subject matter. Contour drawings are part of what are called gestural drawing techniques. ‘Contour’ simply means the outline, edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object. Blind Contour Drawing: Boy by Gillian Hebblewhite An introduction to blind contour drawingīlind contour drawing was a technique highlighted by Kimon Nicolaïdes in his book ‘The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study’ (1941) (source: Oscarcerrato.files).
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