Drawing without lifting the pen.

Hi everyone! 😄

Today I've done a funny exercise. It is sometimes that I known in school, teachers ask us to draw without lifting the pen, and that our drawing were to be made with only one pencil line.
It is an interesting exercise, because it disrupts our habits.

My first attempt was pretty simple. In a very graphical look, I resumed the face in simple lines.

I tried to do more details for the next one, but not yet too full.

For this one, I tried to take more time and be more realistic.
The difficult side is to not seeing our drawing clearly, because we can't lift the pen and so our arm is always over the drawing 😅
But it is also a good exercise to have to estimate the proportions without seeing them clearly.

Then, I tried to do more realistic by representing some shadows.

And this one is for me the most accomplished. I really like it, I think I succeed to have a good look, and not so bad proportions, without lifting the pen, with is quite difficult.

Hope you will like it! 😄

I really encourage you to try this exercise. It both train your hand and brain, to draw differently than usual.

See you soon for others creations! 😊