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Blind contour in need of chiropractor

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That's my first assignment in my Drawing 101 class. It's a blind contour self-portrait. In case you, like me last week, don't know what that is, I'll describe what I did -- I set up a full length mirror, placed it next to my paper, looked at my reflection in the mirror but never looked at the paper (the blind part) and drew the contours of my body. You see why I need a chiropractor, right?I had to stop a few times, take a break, etc. during those times I looked at my paper jsut to get a starting point, then began blind again. As you can see, the face was a bit easier, all smooshed up like it is. The body had a few problems. I think I've 2 sets of knees, and did you see my feet? yikes!

I'm joining the lovely and talented Jodi Green in these Saturday studio postings (shhh...pretend it's saturday, okay?) Take a look at her studio, her self portraits are amazing, and opposed to mine, actually resemble her. My own studio is a room we've been using as a family art room since we moved into this house. We thought it was important for a kid to have access to all different art supplies/projects at all times, so that he could respond to whatever vision was inside of him. Most of the art in the latter pic is by him, except for the watermelon watercolor, we did that together.

Posted by jacey at September 5, 2005 08:24 AM