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Lesson 3 of 12 · 10 min

Blind contour

This teaches your eye to really look. The drawing will look strange, and that’s the point.

  1. 1Look at your other hand. Put your pencil on the paper.
  2. 2Without looking at the page, follow the edge of your hand with your eyes and move the pencil at the same slow speed.
  3. 3Don’t lift the pencil. Go slower than feels normal.

Try it today

Three blind contours of your hand in three poses, about three minutes each.