Found it difficult to not look at drawing on the newt this focusing improved as I worked through the following pictures. The results were in all cases hilarious , but in all of the pictures there were elements that I could recognize and felt that showed some control of hand eye combination. A exercise that also indicates the usefulness of the short staccato pencil strokes along with the need for constantly changing focus to attain accurate drawing.

I thought I was concentrating well and kept my eyes on the subjects but my goodness my results were hilarious.            

mines went really horrible, i think the only one was the bird of paradise flower haha i have to keep trying!!

Once again, share it if you’d like to. Do you think it helped you stay focused on your subject? Indeed it did! I discovered lots of things after this exercise. I can see clearly things I might not have noticed previously, like the effect of light and striations of my subjects things Prof. Fuller has taught us. My inability to judge distance and the amount of time I might need to complete any drawing are clearer after attempting this exercise and from the other things Prof. Fuller has taught us before using BLIND CONTOUR DRAWING. I'm not sure I cheated when I used my right hand as a ruler to simply keep my left hand on the page of my journal. It's a curious exercise and one I'll practice with. She's always so positive, but I was disappointed with myself. I won't give up though because the course is fascinating. I appreciate the work the other students are sharing and wish I'd taken art courses instead of language in college.

Anyone have tips for getting proportions accurate? Mine are all over the place.

Guys, look at my Springbok 😂😂😂  Cool excercise though!  I'm here to learn and I am loving it!! 

At the beginning a though it was difficult to draw without seeing, but after I started, I felt more confident and also relax. It was easier than I though, as you can keep your sight exactly where you are drawing the details of the shapes. This way of drawing the contours helps you focus really on the subject. I loved it.

My eye speed and hand speed don’t seem to match, producing distortion. My newt looked more like a flying squirrel, and some of my springboks are neckless while others look like giraffe x springbok hybrids.  I’m not sure if it helped me focus. I’ll keep trying.

Oh that poor bird!! Yikes! I admit I freaked out a little and drew that one too fast... Better try that one again... That felt better! I do like my bird of paradise, though... Springbok got kind of a spare tire... something weird happened with his hind foot... that one ear looks like a third horn... If you can't laugh at yourself, you're not having fun.

That was really difficult to let go of the outcome, but fun in the end. I like that it forced me to really slow down and try to coordinate my hand movements with my view. I liked my springbok the best!

LOL, I found myself stopping after doing a section to pick up my pencil and draw a new limb or section. It still came out looking funky!

I notice I’m better on the down strokes, less accurate on the return, or upstrokes.

I never attempted this before, an interesting exercise, my newt was pretty good in some parts, not so much in others, but the general body shape is there.

When there are many small appendages it's harder to draw without removing hand from page then when it's more of a solid mass like the newt, but you had to focus on both the subject and the flow of your hand so I'd think it's helpful when sketching a moving subject.