*Blind Contour FRIday 03

Niff

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I wish I could paint large areas of black, I think it would make my image much better. I am a bit tired tonight, so I didn't have my usual patience. I tried to draw with my eyes completely closed but that didn't work out well at all. ha ha

Sutter

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I don't know how much of a success this contour was but here we have it. It looks as if the camera fell from several stories onto a flagpole sticking out which made the center smash up and out. It's just like an old Chuck Jones cartoon with Sylvester the Cat. That blue thingy in the foreground is a film roll and the blue thingy in the background is the film canister.

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Matt and I decided to draw his old PENTAX camera...lots of little number and gears to totally miss. It was hard drawing the lens because I noticed how I wanted to elongate it. It's fun to see how our brains space things out.

Here are some other sites that we hope are participating in our Blind Contour Friday:
Rachael Fowler, LaureLines, Callathump, Lindsay Olsen, Kimlan Cornell, of Sock Monkey Drawer. Koukla Carolyn, The Seeks and ,Learning Daily,Monkeypaints

Here are some later additions: Lilpilydaze

Comments

[Laura]

These are a great pair of drawings! Niff, your accuracy when blind still amazes me--makes me eager to practice, practice this kind of drawing and I have been! It's actually a tiny bit addictive.

[Lindsay]

These are both really great. I'm always so suprised by how much really authentic detail can be captured in blind contour.
Thanks for the challange.

[rachael]

Very nice, Sutter & Niff. It's been very interesting to see how you both react to the same subject for BC. THese drawings are both very dynamic & I really like the addition of the yellow & blue areas.

[Joachim]

Nice drawings :)
I love the inclusion of colors. Is the line under niff's lens the shadow delimitation?

[Karen Winters]

That's fantastic detail you get, Niff and Sutter! Especially the shading.

I wrote that I'd be participating but maybe you didn't get it. Anyway, here's my entry - my kitchen tool container. I'm going to do this every Friday - what a lot of fun!
Karen
Karen's Blind Contour

[elaine]

These are yummy as always - I just love blind contour drawing - really relaxing and ever so surprising. Thanx all for your kind comments on mine - I did it in about 2 minutes flat and it's my best yet lol. Will try adding colour to the next one ....

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[kim]

Niff--Surprisingly enough it doesn't work too well if you try to draw your blind contour while looking at the tv instead of the object, either. Like I tried to do :)

[megs]

How the hell do you get such accurate detail?

Amazing. Both cameras look great.

Here's my addition:
http://june25th.typepad.com/june25th/2005/08/blind_contour_f_1.html

[Cin]

tha amount of detail both of you include is amazing! plus the different line weights, pen color and spot color make it so interesting . . . . you guys are sooo good at this!

[paula]

Niff--I thought I'd give it a quick try this week:

http://www.paulabecker.com/blog/?p=167

But honestly, you two...All that detail and it still looks like a camera! Very nice! I checked out the other participants as well and love the results. Such surreal-looking stuff along with a fresh, unpredictable edged.

[seeks]

i wanna sit down and blind contour with you guys. i have a feeling that i'll learn something watching you.

[Rob]

Just subscribed to Inkfinger - enjoying your work. I couldn't resist having a go at blind contour Friday...

http://rob.annable.co.uk/journal.cgi/sketches/blindcontour1

[Donna]

Gosh! i decided to secretly join in with the Blind Contour Friday thing and the first one i did (fri 12th) was of an old manual camera..(a Nikon)..how spooky! Except mine was a horrible horrible mess... not like these. I like the random film canisters.

[Valerie]

That's darn good contour drawing!! I don't know why but I find blind contour drawings so appealing!!!

[patty]

These are fab! So much detail, I am impressed!