vase with irises

contour drawing

Contour drawing is a warm-up exercise that Betty Edwards recommends in Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.

The rules are that once you have placed the pencil on the paper, you're not allowed to look at the paper again, only at the subject.

Some of them turn out quite striking. I usually draw my non drawing hand ( I sometimes do contour drawings with my non dominant hand) or my feet.