ary ▁psych ology ▁D ual ▁inheritance ▁theory ▁Theory ▁of ▁Reg al ▁and ▁K ung ic ▁Soci etal ▁Struct ures ▁Culture ▁Anth rop ology ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : E volution ary ▁psych ology <0x0A> </s> ▁Bl ind ▁cont our ▁drawing ▁is ▁a ▁drawing ▁exercise , ▁where ▁an ▁artist ▁draw s ▁the ▁cont our ▁of ▁a ▁subject ▁without ▁looking ▁at ▁the ▁paper . ▁The ▁art istic ▁technique ▁was ▁introduced ▁by ▁Kim on ▁Nicola ï des ▁in ▁The ▁Natural ▁Way ▁to ▁Draw , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁further ▁popular ized ▁by ▁Betty ▁Edwards ▁as ▁" p ure ▁cont our ▁drawing " ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁Draw ing ▁on ▁the ▁Right ▁Side ▁of ▁the ▁Bra in . ▁ ▁Te chni que ▁The ▁student ▁fixes ▁their ▁eyes ▁on ▁the ▁outline ▁of ▁the ▁model ▁or ▁object , ▁then ▁tracks ▁the ▁edge ▁of ▁the ▁object ▁with ▁their ▁eyes , ▁while ▁simultaneously ▁drawing ▁the ▁cont our ▁very ▁slowly , ▁in ▁a ▁steady , ▁continuous ▁line ▁without ▁lif ting ▁the ▁p enc il ▁or ▁looking ▁at ▁the ▁paper . ▁ ▁Import ance ▁Nicola ï des ▁and ▁Edwards ▁propose ▁different ▁ideas ▁of ▁why ▁blind ▁cont our ▁drawing ▁is ▁an ▁important ▁method ▁of ▁drawing ▁for ▁art ▁students . ▁Nicola ï des ▁instruct s ▁students ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁p enc il ▁point ▁is ▁actually ▁touch ing ▁the ▁cont our . ▁He ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁technique ▁impro ves ▁students ' ▁draw ings ▁because ▁it ▁causes ▁students ▁to ▁use ▁both ▁sens es ▁of ▁sight ▁and ▁touch . ▁Edwards ▁suggests ▁that ▁pure ▁cont our ▁drawing ▁creates