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| Another Angel Cat 25 May 2014 Graphite Pencil Daler Rowney A6 Graduate Sketchbook 105mm x 149mm (4.1" x 5.9") |
The sketches on this post are my two most recent sketches. The stranger looking drawings are blind contour drawings (see Contour Drawing) of the same subjects.
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| Another Angel Cat Blind Contour Drawing - 25 May 2014 Graphite Pencil on Paper 20cm x 30cm (8" x 12") |
Both sketches are experiments using techniques suggested by Adebanji Alade on his Inspired to Sketch blog as Hot Shot 7, 8 - Practice Sketching the Outline and the Blind Contour and Hot Shot 9 - Practice Sketching the Outlines with Angles.
Following Adebanji’s suggestion, I dived straight in and started drawing outlines on blank pieces of paper. This isn't my favourite approach. I prefer to use an extended gesture study (see Section 13) to create a scaffold and to draw outlines and contours on top.
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| Buddha's Head 15 May 2014 Graphite Pencil Daler Rowney A6 Graduate Sketchbook 105mm x 149mm (4.1" x 5.9") |
I won’t change my approach based on these experiments, but I will use them as occasional training exercises to improve my ability to judge line lengths and relative angles. Adebanji stresses the importance of blind contour drawing as a tool to develop these skills, so I will also reintroduce this into my practice.
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| Buddha's Head Blind Contour Drawing - 14 May 2014 Graphite Pencil on Paper 27cm x 39.5cm (10.5" x 15.5") |
The angel cat is a sculpture by Marie Prett. I posted a painting of another of her angel cats back in 2011 (see Angel Cat Thing).
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