Blind Contour Drawings

Blind contour drawing is one continuous line that forms and object. The artist does not lift their pencil off of the page and does not look down at the page. They follow the contours of the object with their eyes and moves their hand in the same motion and at the same pace  to create a drawing. 

 This is a good example of a blind contour drawing. As you can see the artist did not lift their pencil off of the page so the image is formed by one continuous line. The image does not look accurate or proportionate which implies that the artist did not look down at their page, which is what makes this a BLIND contour drawing. 

 

This is not a good example of a blind contour drawing. As you can see it is not one continuous line, the artist has lifted their pencil and has obviously looked down at their page. The image is proportionate and has shading which cannot be done unless the artist has been looking at the page which no longer makes this a blind drawing. 

Koros and Kore

This is a Kouros figure from Egyptian archaic times. The body is very stiff and plain, standing in a very conservative position with some very basic human features.



This is another Kouros figure form Egyptian archaic times. Compared to the previous picture this figure looks slightly more like a human in the body but its face is still unrealistic and conservative.

This is a classical figure form Greek times. The features have become much more human and the entire figure looks far more realistic.
 

 This is a figure from the Hellenistic time period. The figures are in over dramatic positions and look very God-like is very unrealistic poses.