Learn Contour Drawing
I'm about to do something that seems completely backwards – draw three subjects without ever looking at my paper. The results will look 'messy,' but they'll teach you more about seeing and drawing than years of careful, controlled sketches.
Drawing what you see instead of what you think you know – sounds simple, right? Yet it's one of the biggest challenges artists face. That's exactly why blind contour drawing is such a game-changing exercise, and today I'm going to show you exactly how it works with three live demonstrations.
Let me start with the basics. Contour drawing focuses only on the outer edge of your subject – think of it as the silhouette or outline. When I demonstrate this with a simple coffee cup, I take a Sharpie and trace around just the outside edges. The inside lip of the coffee cup? Not necessary. We only need what's on the outside.
This might seem overly simple, but here's where it gets interesting.
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