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10/8/21 Blind contour with details added in black.
Not wonky enough. |
Maybe I wasn’t choosing the right subjects, but my early
blind contours didn’t look or even feel wonky enough. I needed something to
kick it up a gear – and someone who practices non-dominant-hand sketching
regularly put the light bulb over my head. (Thanks, Anne!) I hadn’t practiced drawing with my non-dominant hand since my pandemic hand series more than a year ago. Now I’m doing partial
blind contours with my right hand! After a ho-hum start, I’m finally
hitting my Inktober stride.
Technical note: I love the flexy but springy brush tip on the
Pilot Shunpitsu pocket brush pen (I reviewed it at the Well-Appointed Desk), but that ink sure does bleed. I’ve been using a Field Notes Harvest notebook that can hold up
to my Sailor fude fire hose without bleeding, yet this Shunpitsu bleeds all the
way through to the next page. For Inktober, I don’t care if the pages are
spotty, but the ink’s behavior is surprising – most of my brush pens don’t bleed
at all. According to JetPens, the water-based ink is “quick drying” – maybe that
quality accounts for the bleeding.
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| 10/9/21 The only non-blind sketch of the week. |
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| 10/9/21 This is my favorite so far! I love the disconnected wheel! |
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| 10/14/21 First blind contour done with my right hand. Now we're having fun! |
Glad to found a fun way to sketch and keep yourself interested in these. Looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteIt's not worth doing a challenge unless it's fun and interesting, right? ;-)
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