Tuesday, September 27, 2011

BLIND CONTOUR PAINTING

Blind contour drawing
  1.  Students draw 6-7 blind contour drawings of various objects, people or body parts.
  2.  Various-sized boundaries are drawn around each drawing using cropping L's, activating the format (subject matter is touching at least 3 sides of the format), paying attention to the composition and focal point created in each image.
  3. 1 or 2 favorite drawings are chosen by the student and shapes are colored in using black (sharpie), white (paper), and gray (pencil).
  4. Line drawing is transferred onto larger canvas (proportional to format) for painting.
  5. Image is painted in acrylic following plan from drawing.
Medium:  sketches- pencil, sharpie. painting- acrylic on canvas.
    Drawing with format and black, white and gray.
    Completed painting. Size: approx. 14 x 17"
         

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