In addition, you'll find some pre-installed wallpapers ready to go.
THESE ARE MY CONTOUR DRAWING ATTEMPTS On some I didn’t look at the paper and on others I glanced back and forth briefly to adjust where I placed the drawing tool.Once you download and install the Wallpaper Engine app, you can start browsing its massive catalog. My favorite are people and self portraits. But the key is always focusing more on the object you are drawing - you only look at the paper to “check” quickly, and go back to the object. When you start, everything looks like a wacky bunch of scribbles- the lines become beautiful marks.Įventually, you can look at your paper a little more if you want your piece to be a bit more legible. As Betty Edwards says the left brain “dislikes the task because the perceptions are too meticulous, too slow-and in left-brain terms, boring and useless-the L-mode soon drops out allowing the R-mode to come forward.” It feels super uncomfortable at first, because your Left brain doesn’t like it….it wants control. Your pencil draws the edges your eyes follow as slowly as possible. The idea is that you are not allowed to look at your paper. To do a contour line drawing all you need is something to draw on and a pencil, pen, or marker. Like the outline of a figure, or the edges of clothing, shapes, etc. A contour is a line that defines the edges of things. One of my favorites ways to begin drawing is with Contour Line Drawing or Blind Contour Line Drawing. It’s called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards. There’s a great book about this shifting from the analytical (or left) side of our brain to the nonverbal (right) side. By shifting to the right side of our brain we literally lose track of time and don’t even have the opportunity to suffer with our anxieties, even if just for a little bit. Drawing actually helps us shift to the non-verbal, non rational side of our brain. Details we may never have noticed start to appear and we recognize the many overlooked parts that make up the whole. Rather than taking just another unceremonious photo with our phone, drawing forces us to pay attention. I remembered the significance of drawing. I wondered how we could use this workshop to get ourselves to the present moment in the New Year? I know for me, leaving my job and creating a new business during a pandemic is only one example which has left me a little scared and anxious. Given all the stressors we’ve been dealing with lately, there is a definite longing to achieve being in the present.
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