Top Art Tip 3 - Check sizes and
proportions by holding your pencil out at arm's length, closing one eye and
lining up the top of your pencil with the top of a medium-sized object in
the still life, landscape, figure or whatever. Keep your pencil lined up with this and then-
move your thumb to line up
with the bottom of that object. KEEPING YOUR THUMB IN PLACE, turn your hand
around to use that measurement against other parts of the thing you are
drawing. You may discover that the bottle is three times its width, or the head
goes into the body 6 times , that sort of thing.
Use this knowledge - but not those same exact sizes marked by your thumb on your pencil - to get your actual drawing in proportion.
E.g. this vase is 4 apples high, and 1 apple wide.
E.g. this vase is 4 apples high, and 1 apple wide.
Hi Jan,
ReplyDeleteLove your new blog. Congratulations and best wishes for your continued success.
You are my mentor, my inspiration and my "angel and have had a very big impact on my direction in life.
Love
Alain Quellie
Thank you, Alain - your incredible Art journey so far inspires me too! Love, Jan. x
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