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I turn to blind contour when I want to settle down a bit. I also find this method very helpful in bringing me back to a sensitivity of curve and direction of line.
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Clearly not even the third iteration is completely accurate. It would be easy to tighten it up, but that is not my preference.
Because I do not obliterate the earlier passes, I consider these drawings as examples of pentimento, the practice of leaving, albeit regretting, mistakes. Tongue in cheek, I sometimes refer to them as pentimentissimo, meaning the most regrettable.
Occasionally a blind contour drawing has just enough accuracy to be thoroughly humorous, and I leave it be.
*I remind the reader that I am committed to the use of the feminine form of the personal pronoun when referring to a person of undetermined gender, in case you are wondering if I am confused about my own.