Improve your sketching with BLIND CONTOUR DRAWING!

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Жыл бұрын

Blind contour drawing is a great way to improve your sketching and I'll show you how!
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@penelope8980 Жыл бұрын

I learned this technique in college, and I think it taught me to "see" objects as they are instead of letting preconceived ideas influence my drawing. It has been a very important lesson for me.

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Let me know if you've tried this exercise! (I hope you enjoyed the new camera angles haha😆)

@lifelonglearners9784 Жыл бұрын

Love it

@joshuahauser1969 10 ай бұрын

Phenomenal. I love your videos of sketches where you carefully - but loosely - measure body parts in relation to each other. And I love that you went about this so differently. These look great - a bit of cartoon-like whimsy brings out the figures’ personalities and yours!

@Butterfly8593 Жыл бұрын

Ohhhh myyy gosh! I am so grateful for this lesson. Sometimes I get anxious watching drawing tutorials, as I say to myself, “I know I can’t do that!” But you and this lesson helped me to exhale!! I sensed no pressure, and I know I can do it. I’ve just now decided to create a blind contouring with pen and watercolor only sketchbook! Thank You!!!!!

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

That’s so good to hear!😊 I’m glad you were inspired to start a sketchbook on this. That’s a great idea🙌🏼

@SevvalVural_ Жыл бұрын

This is what I do while pretending to listen to lectures I'm bored of haha :D (New camera angles are great btw!)

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

😂 great time to practice!

@mr_leviathan Жыл бұрын

Great video, for one of my art classes in university I based my body of work on blind contour drawings as an exercise for new and beginner artists. The goal was to let go of expectations and focus on the quality of the lines themselves rather than making a coherent picture, there was usually some resistance in the beginning but most volunteers found the exercise to be quite fun 🤩

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

That sounds perfect! Yes scary but fun 👍🏼

@_jrosier 4 ай бұрын

Wow this is a fantastic lesson. What a time saver!

@vulcanthropy Жыл бұрын

Scottie you are such a legend. Since watching your videos I feel so much more comfortable trying (and usually failing) to make the kind of art I want to make. You're such a natural teacher & your art is just lovely. Thank you so much!! Hopefully I'll be financially stable enough to support your patreon soon.

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Thank you William! That’s very kind of you, I appreciate it😊. I’m glad these videos have helped you!

@RobertoThot Жыл бұрын

This is a great technique to make more unique shapes. Thanks for share !

@lifelonglearners9784 Жыл бұрын

Love it Scottie. Your channel has come along so far. FANTASTIC WORK.

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

🙏🏼Thanks mate! Appreciate your support as always🤗

@cha_cha_unnie Жыл бұрын

Love it. I'm practicing

@kiranp2325 5 ай бұрын

wow amazing

@Mitch.Wasserman Жыл бұрын

❤Love this. Thank you

@Lisapizza789 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@kenneth1767 Жыл бұрын

You aced it. Really good. I'm working through Bert Dodson's book: Keys to drawing. Been at art for 18years but keep returning to the basics. Good practice.

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken😊 great book for basics!

@ellymeerleveldt614 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video thank you Scottie👍✏️

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

That’s Elly🤗

@alumshaman Жыл бұрын

This is good exercise for warm up and sketching. Thank you!

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@Paintspotsandpaper Жыл бұрын

Thankyou Sottie, I think I’ll try this!

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Hope it goes well June!

@impishlyric Жыл бұрын

this is really impressive!

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Thanks Impish!

@amitachopra857 Жыл бұрын

Great work👌

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Thanks Amita 🤗

@joeblankenship377 Ай бұрын

I really need to practice this technique. I want to get better at doing caricatures and I find myself getting too caught up in trying to get an exact likeness, with my eyes just constantly going back and forth.

@samikchakraborty8142 Жыл бұрын

😀😃 it's amazing exercise ‼️ thanks for sharing❤️

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Thanks Samik🤗

@Eliphosys Жыл бұрын

thanks Scottie! really interesting experiment in letting go of control haha. I felt some discomfort over that aspect so definitely a good thing to practice more!

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Yes that’s a great way to describe it! 🤗

@stellaball7289 Жыл бұрын

Excellent.I'll definitely give it a go. It would be good to hear your thoughts on if you plan the sketch and proportions before you start each pose.

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Thanks Stella! I didn’t plan the sketch here and didn’t mind if I got the proportions off😊. As I practiced each sketch got slightly better in terms of guessing the proportions but more about the free line work

@earthingearthling2976 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely hilarious! My drawings looks like an absolute train wreck. One would think I was either in a major earthquake or having a major medical episode. Thanks for the laugh.

@GreenlifeFin Жыл бұрын

Omg 😂😂😂. This was really fun, and the results were even more fun… Body width sized like a pencil and almost could not recognise the characters are people 😅. Did not help much with the loose lines, so I would like to learn more about loose, expressive, creative lines you draw.

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Great you gave it a go!! Yes they can look pretty crazy but glad you had fun😂

@vijaykarts543 Жыл бұрын

Very informative video. Motivational to us. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Vijay!

@JH-pe3ro Жыл бұрын

Something I've been doing since I got a multipen is looking for excuses to use all the colors more often, and blind contours are great for this. I just go back and forth, working left to right in one color, then right to left in the next, until I've gone through each color. Then I switch to black ink, maybe using a brush pen or fountain pen instead of the multipen, and do some comparative measurement to finish my study with accuracy.

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

great idea JH!

@veronicadavila3180 Жыл бұрын

you are a master blind drawer! I'm struggling😒

@sabrinarene6909 Жыл бұрын

Such a great exercise! Love the water color pen (?) detailing at the end. So inspiring ❤

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@user-xs6tu2wo1u Жыл бұрын

thanks video! from japan in japan info less

@BaySean 5 ай бұрын

So is a game that tells u look at the reference and not the paper?

@user-zj1kr9xn6o 10 ай бұрын

Hmmmm,did you read “Drawing On The Right Side of the Brain”? Have tried this! Fun!

@SketchingScottie 9 ай бұрын

No I haven’t. Glad you had fun!

@user-zj1kr9xn6o 9 ай бұрын

Interesting book…….

@carolguzek9391 Жыл бұрын

Can this be done with other tools, e.g. brush pen?

@SketchingScottie Жыл бұрын

Yes definitely! A brush pen would be great and you could try bigger pieces of paper with those too

@Kokushibo673 6 ай бұрын

Well how this technique help in increasing the observational skills...?!!! And.... Should we really have to draw like what you see directly?or just firstly observe or do something else...