Drawings By Blind Artists
It takes what one sees with one s eye and with study allows the hand to trace the image from one s brain.
Drawings by blind artists. The blind contour drawing exercise is a fundamental tool that can help beginning artists create their first drawings as well as help experienced artists become reacquainted with the power of observation. Blind contour refers to a method of drawing in which the artist draws a line and never looks at the paper. But when you throw into the mix a visually impaired disability then it is staggering and heartwarming at what some people can overcome.
Outline drawings made by kathy totally blind since age three demonstrate that blind artists use many of the same devices as sighted illustrators do. I pursue this method because of the ways it captures the essence of my subject. A working plan for art study nicolaïdes mapped out a variety of the exercises he used while teaching at the art students league in new york in the 1920s and 30s.
Blind contour drawings by erin pollock. Single line drawings blind contour portraits. 10 remarkable paintings by blind and visually impaired artists for artists suffering from any kind of mental block or lack of inspiration can seem like a huge mountain to climb.
Numerous blind artists have painted visual masterpieces which defy their lack of sight. Hundreds of our favorite portraits full page spreads of behind the scenes photography. He studied fine arts in college and worked as a painter and sculptor after graduation.
For the past week i ve been making a blind contour self portrait drawing without looking at the page each morning to warm up my diary. In his 1941 book the natural way to draw. The experience pollock describes is shared by many artists including the artist who popularized the exercise kimon nicolaïdes.
Blind people portray objects such as a house from a single vantage point 2nd from top. If you look at the images in order it looks like my face is re arranging itself. A student s blind contour drawing of a hand from the pacific university website.
The student fixes their eyes on the outline of the. Adapted from an article by allison malafronte. The website for the blind artist s society contains a page where blind artists can display their work and some types of work include nature landscape painting physical models wood carvings portraits abstract paintings watercolor paintings and drawings.
The artistic technique was introduced by kimon nicolaïdes in the natural way to draw and it is further popularized by betty edwards as pure contour drawing in the new drawing on the right side of the brain. Thursday february 20 2020. Blind contour portraits of friends and strangers drawn with a continuous line without looking down at the paper.
Blind contour drawing is a drawing exercise where an artist draws the contour of a subject without looking at the paper. 1 keith salmon 1959 present towards beinn toaig winter keith salmon is a british man who enjoyed art from an early age.
