Drawing a Perfect Circle

By Anita in Video Clips, World Records on Jan 11, 2007 at 12:47 am

Alexander Overwijk, a teacher from Ottawa (Canada), is one of the fastest Circle Drawers in the world. In this video, he draws a close-to-perfect 3 foot wide circle in one second. Even if he did not win the seemingly non-existent World Freehand Circle Drawing Competition, his talent is still impressive.

Hit play or go to this link [YouTube]. Found via digg.


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  1. Aleki
    Jan 11th, 2007 at 1:46 am

    This reminds me of Giotto di Bondone and the story of him painting a perfect circle for the pope as a demonstration of his skills.

  2. takhys
    Jan 11th, 2007 at 9:29 am

    That is surprisingly impressive. Huh.

  3. ch1ll3v
    Jan 11th, 2007 at 9:58 am

    It’s the little things that impress me, I watched the video at the same time as the clock on the wall. Coincidence? Or spooky

  4. Storm
    Jan 11th, 2007 at 12:57 pm

    I am completely amazed.

  5. Dan
    Jan 11th, 2007 at 2:54 pm

    It is amazing tha the can do that, but more amazing still is the comeraderie that he has with his students. That was beautiful to see.

  6. Jim C.
    Jan 11th, 2007 at 10:16 pm

    Looks good, but I’d like to see some actual measurements before saying it’s perfect.

  7. Jane
    Jan 11th, 2007 at 11:33 pm

    I’ve been lucky enough to have many excellent teachers not unlike Mr. Overwijik. Go Canada :)

  8. Stephanie
    Jan 14th, 2007 at 10:25 am

    My highschool geography teacher did that, too! We applaud him everytime.

  9. chickenbeaver
    Jan 24th, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    Impressive, but I betcha he makes crap for salary.

  10. Estudiante
    Mar 21st, 2007 at 10:22 pm

    We had an international circle drawing competition here in Ottawa recently. The video is posted on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1J5ANnq0T8 and features, of course, Mr. Overwijk.

    @chickenbeaver: teachers everywhere are probably underpaid but Mr. Overwijk is at least our department head, so you could rest assured that he can likely eat at least once every other night. And yes, I did just say that to craftily imply that I had Mr. O as a teacher.

  11. Pratap
    Jul 27th, 2008 at 7:56 am

    Really, I’m surprisingly impressed with Netflix.

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    Pratap

    Wide Circles

  12. animesh
    Jul 27th, 2008 at 10:36 am

    I feel that it is amazing that the can do that, but more amazing still is the camaraderie that he has with his students..

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    animesh

    Wide Circles

  13. anderson smith
    Jul 28th, 2008 at 1:02 am

    Wow! It’s amazing. “If I wanted to see a man draw a circle, I would have went to the circle drawing class!”
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    Anderson smith
    Wide Circles

  14. angel dawson
    Jul 28th, 2008 at 2:39 am

    Wow!!! What an amazing video. The teacher in this video is really awesome.
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    Angel
    Wide Circles


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