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Blind contour drawing, watercolor pencil on an scrap of Arches
Varying the material has a very different result. She is stout, though not so round as this suggests; her hind feet touch the ground.
©2011 Julia Forsyth, ANDREW JACKSON'S DIGITAL HOLIDAYS, 8 1/2" x 11", Original drawing colorized through Microsoft Paint
Since drawing in a Blind Contour style naturally leaves lots of spaces connected by lines, it lends itself to color. I actually thought I would save time over "Old Skool paint and paintbrushes" if I imported my #Draw365.38 drawing (www.flickr.com/photos/juliaforsythart/5451382802/in/photo...) into the Paint program loaded onto most PC's and used the icon that looks like it's painting in the fastest way possible - dumping a whole bucket of paint out at one time.
So I loaded my drawing into Paint and started what I thought would take 30 minutes tops. Surprise, surprise...4 hours into it, I was laughing non-humorously at myself and my gross underestimation. I could have done a front-and-back drawing of $10 and $5 in the time it took me to work on this!
Surprise, surprise - indeed. One surprise was that the dumped color came out all "dry-brush" looking. I remember my watercolor professor telling us that it's called a holiday when you make a watercolor brushstroke on your paper but just a few tiny resistant white dots of the textured watercolor paper don't get colored.
Another surprise was that somehow, once my drawing got loaded into Paint, the black lines from the original drawing lightened to a dull gray. Bright colors from paint (in Paint) made the lines look even duller, so I had to retrace most of them painstakingly (hello tedium!) with a black Paint-created line. If you've drawn a Bind Contour Drawing lately, you know that there are a TON of lines. I got really bored really fast doing careful retracing, so I compromised and left some of the lines gray. (Official Party Line here: It's to add greater contrast between the black and the gray lines.)
This reminded me that there are certain nuances that just don't translate as well in a computer drawing. I miss the brushstrokes. I know that there's a way to have some simulated brushstrokes, but even so, it's just not the same.
LIke any good experiment, instead of simply answering things and calling it a day, this experiment fed my mind more ideas that I never would have had without stretching a little bit creatively. This experiment made me curious about 2 future experiments: how a Blind Contour Drawing would look drawn ever-so-lightly in pencil, then watercolored, then adding the black lines back in with thin watercolor strokes. 2nd experiment: make a Blind Contour Drawing on a canvas using an acrylic graffiti paint pen that's formulated to have those cool runny paint rivulets from the drawn strokes. Then unleash the color on it with acrylic paint.
Admittedly, those ideas that came from this experiment are about as different in creative approaches as both of my kids are in their approaches to just about everything (EXTREMELY!), but in my mind's eye they would both be very successful using their own strengths.
I'll see how reality matches up with a project completed only in my mind's eye. ;) Watercolor VS. an almost grafitti-like grittiness to acrylic painting approach - don't change that dial.
(And of course, regular acrylic/oil want to get in on the action too. Also, who could resist when aluminum foil asks so convincingly to join in? Aluminum foil punctuation is so DAMN hard to resist - you try it! Luckily, there's room for all of them in THIS inn...c'mon over!)
Holidays, anyone? Why yes - I'll take a whole project of 'em.
©2007-2012 Julia Forsyth
Here's #Draw365 in action - take a stroll down memory lane through my new biz cards from moo.com - love them!
I'll be at Art Walk 2012 - Arts in Bloom - through the Laura Moore Fine Art Studios, 107 S. Tennessee, McKinney, TX 75069 on the Square. Just look in the tent and find me! I'm one of 15 artists there, and I'll be selling work from 10-6 this Saturday, March 14. Come by and say hello! Did I mention I'll also be doing a giveaway...? :)
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'Unplugged'
A fun, informal Thursday evening of gently guided doodling, scribbling, blind contour drawing, collage and more.
Just making a bit of space to discover what's there when we unplug for a bit.
Teen drawing lesson in blind contours. She has started filling in some of the shapes that were created by the drawing. She is able to come to Hunakai because of a scholarship. She comes from Mansfield where the art programs have been cut.
©2011 Julia Forsyth, THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, 8 1/2" x 11", Fine Sharpie on cardstock
Semi-Blind Contour Line Drawing
©2013 Julia Forsyth, Electric Guitar, Pilot Precise Rolling Ball V7 pen on paper, 3" x 1 1/4"
Blind contour line drawing
©2013 Julia Forsyth, Electric Guitar with Strap, Pilot Precise Rolling Ball V7 pen on paper, 3" x 1 1/4"
Blind contour line drawing
I like these blind contour drawings very much because of the simple shapes, I just must do something with them.
Here's one on tracing paper.
More old scans from the "Up All Night" era...Garcia elder was taken from a pic, mom and son drawn while hanging out..(Sorry guys)
©2013 Julia Forsyth, Pick ups, Strings, and Inlay Close-up, Pilot Precise Rolling Ball V7 pen on paper, 3" x 1 1/4"
Blind contour line drawing
Red and yellow freesias; blind contour drawing. Color added using Inktense pencils and Portfolio pastels. Twinkling H20s used to add a bit of shimmer.
Made this blind contour drawing of Mats when we came home last saturday night. I think I like number 2 best, but the nose in sketch number 3 is my favorite detail! Number one is just horrible...
©2013 Julia Forsyth, Electric Guitar Tuners Close-up, Pilot Precise Rolling Ball V7 pen on paper, 3" x 1 1/4"
Blind contour line drawing
from Amy's "why are those girls so awesome" picture (us at steampunk world's fair '11, the tentacle dress, latex!) i drew from mentally with my eyes shut. mega-blind contour. coloured in afterwards of course.
dork. / girlssoloud.tumblr.com
Today was the 2nd in a series of art workshops run by Ella Clocksin. The theme was Blind Contour Drawing. We did a series of line drawings using an unbroken continuous line. The idea was to follow a shape or line with your eye. As your eye moved slowly along the contour of an object so did your hand with your writing implement. You weren't allowed to look at what you drew.
Class project, blind contour drawing: look into a mirror and in 2 minutes draw your self-portrait. You cannot look at what you are drawing, and you cannot lift your pencil from the paper. Afterwards, color it in... fun project, I did a few different ones....
Today was the 2nd in a series of art workshops run by Ella Clocksin. The theme was Blind Contour Drawing. We did a series of line drawings using an unbroken continuous line. The idea was to follow a shape or line with your eye. As your eye moved slowly along the contour of an object so did your hand with your writing implement. You weren't allowed to look at what you drew.
200704+200704: Friday and Saturday evening were again big highlights and trained the abdominal muscles from laughing.
I painted the concrete mixer for the shoulder view once with left and once with right. In the live-stream there was a riddle, which is probably better, so I started a poll. Thanks a lot for all who voted. The decision fell on the left-handed picture. I should probably paint more with the left hand? 🙈😅
For the portraits I painted colored circles and made blindcountour drawings. So you can always surprise yourself. And the models for sure too!
Many thanks to
@d0c5py Stefan
@inckywincky Ingo
@leonie.shirin Leonie
@bee_cologne Sabine
@kaddishamalika Kaddisha
@schatzekatze Charlotte and Mom
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200704+200704: Der Freitag- und Samstagabend waren wieder große Highlights und trainiert die Bauchmuskeln vom Lachen.
Den Betonmischer für den Schulterblick habe ich einmal mit links und einmal mit rechts gemalt. Im Live-Stream wurde gerätselt, welches wohl besser ist, so dass ich eine Umfrage gestartet habe. Vielen Dank für alle, die gevotet haben. Die Entscheidung fiel auf das linkshändige Bild. Ich sollte wohl mehr mit links malen? 🙈😅
Für die Portraits habe ich vorher farbige Kreise gemalt und habe blindcountour drawings gemacht. Damit kann man sich immer wieder selbst überraschen. Und die Models sicher auch!
Vielen Dank an
@d0c5py Stefan
@inckywincky Ingo
@leonie.shirin Leonie
@bee_cologne Sabine
@kaddishamalika Kaddisha
@schatzekatze Charlotte und Muddi
... und natürlich an @gris030.de und die ganze Gang für die tollen erheiternden und hilfreichen Abende.
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from a portrait of us at the BUFF closing ceremonies '11 show
blind contour, watercoloured afterwards...
Class project, blind contour drawing: look into a mirror and in 2 minutes draw your self-portrait. You cannot look at what you are drawing, and you cannot lift your pencil from the paper. Afterwards, color it in... fun project, I did a few different ones....
In this series of exercises we drew the still life in front of us following the contours of the objects without looking at the paper. As we progressed we had less time for each drawing. It is a good exercise in observation.