Nick Cave
Jan 23rd, 2010 by J. O'Brien
I’ve been using Danny Gregory‘s method of drawing upside-down combined with Jack Unruh‘s semi-blind contour drawing method with some mixed results, often ending up with some wild distortion. For this one, I drew rightside-up and, after blocking in the head a bit, started with the left eye worked my way through the face and hair and down to the shirt. Reference photo can be found here. Love that mustache!
nice.
You gotta tell me – What is the “semi-blind contour drawing method “?
Gotta try it.
Thanks Dave, blind contour drawing is where you look at the subject and not at your drawing while you draw. You follow the contours of the subject with your eye and recreate that movement and contour with your pencil or pen. Semi-blind contour drawing is where you occasionally check the position of your pencil or pen while you draw.