keeping up with the art class

here's a small snippet of our first-of-the-year antics here in the art room... thought you might like a look-see.
we've started out by doing some warm-up exercises that my students abhor, but that are really great for training them to really concentrate on looking closely at the object they're drawing. the reason it's called 'blind' is because you're not allowed to look at your paper as you draw. the word 'contour' means 'edge', so they're looking for all the edges and details involved in the object, and drawing them in one long fluid line.
out of about 240 drawings, these turned out the best...










obviously, the results aren't supposed to look like great masterpieces, but sometimes they end up looking oddly artistic and appealing. i've grown to really enjoy the way the drawings seem to capture the spirit of the object, if not the exact realistic details.