blind contour drawing	colored on iPad	watercolor

There’s something I just love about blind contour drawing. It is the perfect marriage between controlling and letting go. My eyes  travel so slowly and meticulously along the edges of my subject, my pen following right behind: a very controlled process. At the same time, I let go of the controlling the result – perspective gets lost, body parts grow and shrink, yet somehow the final picture captures more of the subject’s essence.

(Leslie mostly likes the piece, except for the Jay Leno chin.)