This was a great demo!!! I never really understood how this worked during my first year of basic drawing and my results proved it. After several years and lots of videos, I was making it more complex than it should have been. This looks achievable. Thank you.
This method teaches you haw to draw. It's the beginning of "seeing" the whole image and how things relate to each other. More complex measuring techniques come later but this establishes the basics of shapes, alignment, angles and proportions. Its a step up from the grid which I do not think teaches you how to draw and i personally find very confusing.
Love the video. This is how I do my portraits when I do them. I'm old enough that I don't remember who taught me how to do this, it must have been an art teacher somewhere long ago. I find this is the most accurate way to draw a protrait. I found that tracing and grids are not at all accurate, it's easy enough to prove when you look at protraits created with grids and tracing, there is something always really off. Thank you for creating this video to artists wanting to learn a better way.
Thank you - I've never been shown this before. I do wish you had shown what you are doing with your arm/elbow when talking about angles as I'm at a loss without seeing it in practice.
hold your arm out while holding you measuring stick steady, lock the elbow, support that elbow with your drawing hand and line up your stick with the angle you are focused on. Once you have it, still holding your arm out, simply pivot over to your drawing paper and establish the angle. Step in make a mark, step back, double check and step back in and adjust where needed. Hope this helps
I will try this. I was taught to use an acetate grid taped on the reference portrait. You can still use a measuring stick, but you also can focus on what you see in each box.
in my experience the grid does not teach you haw to draw. It helps to replicate what has already been figured out, but you are so fixated on each little square that that you don't see the image as a whole and are not training the eye to build a drawing or how to see accurately. Measuring techniques like sight size and comparative teach you this.
❤ thank you. Teacher you droop down from rhe skies to me. I have to improve my skills on this part of a good level figurative painting. I am so greatfull. Piero Brasil.❤
@@careyalvezartschool Well this is embarrassing, that comment was meant for a video that followed yours, but while we are here, Carey, I do appreciate that your share your talent. I have been using this method recently, but my references are on a 11" computer screen so I get about 3X4 picture and would like to do a slightly larger drawing. How would you recommend doing that?
This is a great technique. Angles and proportions are the area I struggle most with in my drawing. How do you use this technique if you want to scale your drawing up so that it is larger than the reference?
you move to the next level of complexity called "comparative measuring". Same basic principles only a scaling component is added. These videos are coming down the road. One step at a time. Master this stage and you are ready for comparative and it won't feel overwhelming.
Hi Carey, would you consider adding oil painting tutorials to your patreon platform? Your drawing course is excellent and I would love to see your approach to oil painting. Thank you very much for your wonderful, very professional and helpful courses!!!❤
Yes Its coming, one step at a time, a lot of work to produce an manage these courses. I have 1 full course I would like to release in Jan 25. The best thing is to get your drawing skills up to speed using the principles I teach that prepare you to transition to painting.
OH MY GOD , Thank You so much, for the 14 years i didnt know that😂, i just use free hand estimate and its hard since i need to concentrate and focus all my senses to every details, it now easy with the help of that technique.
Sight size is a great method to teach students the fundamental principles of measuring. The next step up is Comparative measuring, eventually working up to just using the eye. but its a matter of practice and skill building, like any skill you want to master. Start with the basics then add incremental layers of complexity. In my first year of training I practiced this method and comparative measuring a lot, just on the constructs until they became second nature. Totally worth the effort! Check out my Patreon site I have courses on both methods with more coming. www.patreon.com/CareyAlvezArt
Love your videos, I find great usage of them! I found your channel through a video of how to take the best reference pictures of people. I had a question,where can I buy a measuring tool like yours?
the grocery store! just use a bamboo kitchen skewer, a pack of 25 costs a few dollars. You need a point on the end. if not a knitting needle works also.
Bonjour Carey❤ Enfin j'ai la réponse à mes questions de prises de proportions pour un visage et sans doute également pour un paysage... Je recherche ces précieuses informations depuis plus de 30 ans... J'ai l'impression qu'Elizabeth Vigée Lebrun utilisait aussi cette technique... Gratitudes pour l'excellence de votre pédagogie 🕊️🌹❤️
not sure what you are referring to , but if its about using a vintage photo, I used one in this course because you would not believe the number of students that come to class with vintage photos of family members, parents & grandparents to use as reference for their projects. Just felt like a reasonable thing to use one for one of my courses.
Problems would arise ofcourse when one is attempting to draw a bigger or smaller sketch compared to the size of the source image - which one would mostly tend to be doing especially if drawing from life ? I find proportional dividers very helpful !
Students are usually introduced to the principles with sight size, once they are familiar with the technique they go up to the next level of complexity with a method called "comparative measuring". That method deals with scaling. This is not the only system obviously, just one that helps students develop an eye for accuracy and teaches them what information to look for. Videos on this Comparative method are coming soon.
Near the start when you mention everything needs to be lined up ----- for some strrrange reason, every time I needed to cut a bit off a large sheet of paper, I'd slapdash it onto my cutting mat, not caring how 'optical delusional' the grid lines showing along its side, put a straight-edge down, and from any angle (usually did this on the floor) I'd reach out to the farthest part and draw my blade fully across. From simply eyeballing it, i would manage to bypass all visual cues to blooper, and if I brought the ends together, they'd either match perfectly, or be 1/2mm off. And though I forget the number, it would always be the same width .. (1-1/2cm?). No. Sir --- I am not from Mars. I haven't needed to cut in a decade ... I should give it a go to test now.
Might I suggest the 2-point technique for angled lines that have proven successful in more than just portraits. Mark the two endpoints of the angled line on the reference and find their distances from both the horizontal and vertical grid lines. Plot them on your paper much as you did graphing coordinates when in high school. Your crossing grid lines serve as coordinate axes and their crossing point is the origin. You can connect the plotted points with a straight line or an arc. If you want to check your arc, simply get the distance between the origin and the furthest point of the arc, and place that point on your drawing.
@@WeezieV Sorry I can't, I don't understand what they are talking about either!!!! Perhaps its triangulation, but the way it's explained here is as clear as mud.😶
Students are usually introduced to the principles with sight size, once they are familiar with the technique they go up to the next level of complexity with a method called "comparative measuring". This is not the only system obviously, just one that helps students develop an eye for accuracy and teaches them what information to look for. Videos on this Comparative method are coming soon.
sight size is a great technique to learn the basic principles of measuring. the next step up is comparative measuring. Takes the same principles but relies more on the eye and being able to gage proportions. Start with this method then move to the next level up. Will provide those videos in the future.
not sure, I get all my music from Epidemic Sound. ( copyright issues) I go in and look for a particular non intrusive pleasant sound and it presents several options. I download what works.
Nothing wrong with this demo, but if ever you plan to do live portraits you still have to develop hand eye coordination. That will only come with constant practice. Personally, rather than spend time with rulers and other gadjets, youre best using photos and cheap copy paper to do loads of pictures. Better still if you can get people to sit for you.
I agree, but this technique introduces students to the concepts of what to look for, shapes, alignments, angles, proportions. When working with a live model you need to move up to comparative measuring. Also as an instructor I need to be sensitive to people's circumstances and, resources and what their goals are. For a lot of people this helps them take the next step forward. I've been teaching for years now, and I've had to adjust my methods and and expectations to to fit the students needs, abilities and work ethic as well as their reasons for doing this. This method IS popular! So I'm happy to share.
Thank you for this. It's a shame that drafting isn't the natural first step in art instruction instead of just turning you loose to draw or paint something. The craft of art is important, isn't it?
I agree. I was a student a long time before I taught and all too often I was left wondering "what the heck am I paying for here". When I was finally able to go to an academy I was sooo grateful for the the actual skill building instruction that I got. Mastery is important for me, I recognize its not the main priority for everyone but I enjoy the challenge and feeling of accomplishment. However having said all that technical skills are not the whole show. Personal expression, your own voice and equally important... But one step at a time.
@@careyalvezartschool Thank you for your return comment! Your "What the heck am I paying for here?" brings back memories of my first (and only) acrylic painting class where absolutely nothing was said about the characteristics of that particular paint. I look back and think what a scam that pricey summer college class really was. There is nothing to stop developing artists from expressing whatever their hearts desire but it sure seems like alongside of that aspect of it art school is there for training you in skills. Art is a job like any other and requires knowledge of materials, tools, and skills to get where you want to go with them. I shall be watching more of your videos (this was my first) and have subscribed, of course. I feel so lucky to have stumbled upon your channel. Thanks again!
It depends on what your objective is. If producing a drawing is your goal, why not trace, but if you want to master your drawing skills you need to train your eye. Leaning measuring techniques is part of that learning curve. Sight size is an introductory method, next is comparative which builds on that then with practice you can rely on your eye. By then your awareness if proportions, alignments and shapes are hardwired in your thinking and its second nature, but you have to start somewhere.
Well this is about learning to draw and develop your skills and your eye. Tracing will never do that. Personally I found that tracing sabotages the learning process. As a professional who has tight deadlines I get it, its all about production, but as a student wanting to master a skill , you need to go through the process and PRACTICE. That's the path for anyone who wants to get better.
Students are usually introduced to the principles with sight size, once they are familiar with the technique they go up to the next level of complexity with a method called "comparative measuring". This is not the only system obviously, just one that helps students develop an eye for accuracy and teaches them what information to look for.
t depends on what your objective is. If producing a drawing is your goal, why not trace, but if you want to master your drawing skills you need to train your eye. Leaning measuring techniques is part of that learning curve. Sight size is an introductory method, next is comparative which builds on that then with practice you can rely on your eye. By then your awareness if proportions, alignments and shapes are hardwired in your thinking and its second nature, but you have to start somewhere.
@@careyalvezartschool I totally agree! Training the "perceptual abilities" is the objective. I once remember measuring up the base of a shed with rulers and spirit levels and plumb lines...etc. and an experienced builder came along and with a quick glance spotted a half inch (1cm ish) discrepancy in a 20 foot (6 metre ish) ayout. That's perceptual ability!
@@isaaca6445you know, you just made me realize something. I've been drawing and painting all my life and I could never figure out why other people would think things would or wouldn't fit on shelves or through doorways or how deep a hole was just by looking. They would be off by a foot or a couple of inches. I guess I trained my eye because I just know, now I'll stop saying, "well just look at it! It's obviously not going to fit" 😂
This is an introductory measuring technique and its designed to train the eye. You need to develop the perceptual ability to see proportions, angles and alignments. How to read an image. that's why we don't use a ruler or calipers here. These are baby steps to train the eye to "see" . Next level up is comparative measuring. Next level after that is freehand and interpretive.
I do, but that is not always possible, is it. Particularly if you have a specific composition or painting in mind. I spent years in the academy system, I understand the benefits and the limitations of working directly from life. Particularly the expense and logistics of accessing appropriate models all the time. Or just getting stuck with a live academic model in life class. How many naked people can you, or do you want to draw in a lifetime? Both have their pros and cons. But you do need to be aware of the issues when working from photos, distortion, flat lighting, creating form etc. Appreciate the feedback.
It depends on what your objective is. If producing a drawing is your goal, why not trace, but if you want to master your drawing skills you need to train your eye. Learning measuring techniques is part of that learning curve. Sight size is an introductory method, next is comparative which builds on that then with practice you can rely on your eye. By then your awareness if proportions, alignments and shapes are hardwired in your thinking and its second nature, but you have to start somewhere.
This was a great demo!!! I never really understood how this worked during my first year of basic drawing and my results proved it. After several years and lots of videos, I was making it more complex than it should have been. This looks achievable. Thank you.
Thanks for your feedback, really appreciate it. Good luck with your drawing
Love it! I have been a big fan of the grid system. But all of those squares can make it difficult for my eyes sometimes. I like your method.
This method teaches you haw to draw. It's the beginning of "seeing" the whole image and how things relate to each other. More complex measuring techniques come later but this establishes the basics of shapes, alignment, angles and proportions. Its a step up from the grid which I do not think teaches you how to draw and i personally find very confusing.
Love the video. This is how I do my portraits when I do them. I'm old enough that I don't remember who taught me how to do this, it must have been an art teacher somewhere long ago. I find this is the most accurate way to draw a protrait. I found that tracing and grids are not at all accurate, it's easy enough to prove when you look at protraits created with grids and tracing, there is something always really off. Thank you for creating this video to artists wanting to learn a better way.
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What an amazing teacher! Everything is so well described in detail. Thank you for sharing your process with us.
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Thank you. Always wondered what the hell was going on with the extended arm and paint brush. Very helpful.
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Great technique, I use proportional dividers
Yup, same basic idea
You're a fantastic teacher! Thank you
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It's really interesting! I tried it and amazing! 🙌🏻 Thanks for making the video!
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Je ne connaissais pas du tout, merci. Reste à l’essayer.❤
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Amaaazing! Thak you very much! Now you have a student from Brazil 😊
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Thank you for this demo!😍
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Thank you - I've never been shown this before. I do wish you had shown what you are doing with your arm/elbow when talking about angles as I'm at a loss without seeing it in practice.
hold your arm out while holding you measuring stick steady, lock the elbow, support that elbow with your drawing hand and line up your stick with the angle you are focused on. Once you have it, still holding your arm out, simply pivot over to your drawing paper and establish the angle. Step in make a mark, step back, double check and step back in and adjust where needed. Hope this helps
I will try this. I was taught to use an acetate grid taped on the reference portrait. You can still use a measuring stick, but you also can focus on what you see in each box.
in my experience the grid does not teach you haw to draw. It helps to replicate what has already been figured out, but you are so fixated on each little square that that you don't see the image as a whole and are not training the eye to build a drawing or how to see accurately. Measuring techniques like sight size and comparative teach you this.
❤ thank you. Teacher you droop down from rhe skies to me. I have to improve my skills on this part of a good level figurative painting. I am so greatfull. Piero Brasil.❤
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Very good video. Thank you! With love from Australia 🌸
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Careyal no problem, you are a good artist. All the best
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This was very interesting and informative. Will try it next time I draw. Thanks!
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I really like this method :) and I know a lot of methods, it’s fun to challenge myself and learn them all. I’m going to enjoy trying this ❤
Thanks for your feedback, really appreciate it. Best of luck, its a good introductory method to train the eye to see the clues to measure accurately
Thank you Sam for those tidbits of information. Always eager to learn about those sticky uppity bits. Seriously, thanks for your observations.
Thanks for your feedback, really appreciate it. ( by the way, who is Sam?, just curious!!!)
@@careyalvezartschool Well this is embarrassing, that comment was meant for a video that followed yours, but while we are here, Carey, I do appreciate that your share your talent. I have been using this method recently, but my references are on a 11" computer screen so I get about 3X4 picture and would like to do a slightly larger drawing. How would you recommend doing that?
@@jamesduncan578 go to a copy centre and get a larger print
Fascinating video. A tad advanced for me but I get it. Beautifully presented. Thank you. ❤
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You are a very good teacher.
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Thank you from Costa Rica !
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I use a set of proportional dividers. I'm getting very interested in pen and ink illustrations.
Same basic idea!
This is a great technique. Angles and proportions are the area I struggle most with in my drawing. How do you use this technique if you want to scale your drawing up so that it is larger than the reference?
you move to the next level of complexity called "comparative measuring". Same basic principles only a scaling component is added. These videos are coming down the road. One step at a time. Master this stage and you are ready for comparative and it won't feel overwhelming.
Hi Carey, would you consider adding oil painting tutorials to your patreon platform? Your drawing course is excellent and I would love to see your approach to oil painting. Thank you very much for your wonderful, very professional and helpful courses!!!❤
Yes Its coming, one step at a time, a lot of work to produce an manage these courses. I have 1 full course I would like to release in Jan 25. The best thing is to get your drawing skills up to speed using the principles I teach that prepare you to transition to painting.
Fantastic demo work mam 👌❤❤
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Thank you!
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OH MY GOD , Thank You so much, for the 14 years i didnt know that😂, i just use free hand estimate and its hard since i need to concentrate and focus all my senses to every details, it now easy with the help of that technique.
you are the reason why i will go back to drawing after arblock of 8 years , thank you. ❤
Sight size is a great method to teach students the fundamental principles of measuring. The next step up is Comparative measuring, eventually working up to just using the eye. but its a matter of practice and skill building, like any skill you want to master. Start with the basics then add incremental layers of complexity. In my first year of training I practiced this method and comparative measuring a lot, just on the constructs until they became second nature. Totally worth the effort!
Check out my Patreon site I have courses on both methods with more coming.
www.patreon.com/CareyAlvezArt
Love your videos, I find great usage of them! I found your channel through a video of how to take the best reference pictures of people. I had a question,where can I buy a measuring tool like yours?
the grocery store! just use a bamboo kitchen skewer, a pack of 25 costs a few dollars. You need a point on the end. if not a knitting needle works also.
Bonjour Carey❤
Enfin j'ai la réponse à mes questions de prises de proportions pour un visage et sans doute également pour un paysage...
Je recherche ces précieuses informations depuis plus de 30 ans...
J'ai l'impression qu'Elizabeth Vigée Lebrun utilisait aussi cette technique...
Gratitudes pour l'excellence de votre pédagogie 🕊️🌹❤️
Thanks for your feedback, really appreciate it. Glad I could help
There are such beautiful photos today
not sure what you are referring to , but if its about using a vintage photo, I used one in this course because you would not believe the number of students that come to class with vintage photos of family members, parents & grandparents to use as reference for their projects. Just felt like a reasonable thing to use one for one of my courses.
3:02 Probabably a silly question, but if we were left handed, would the paper be on the left and the picture be on the right hand side?
Yup that's exactly how you would do it. Best of luck.
Problems would arise ofcourse when one is attempting to draw a bigger or smaller sketch compared to the size of the source image - which one would mostly tend to be doing especially if drawing from life ? I find proportional dividers very helpful !
That technique is called "comparative measuring". Its the next step up but applies may of the same principles. Haven't done that video ...yet.
This was good. I hoped you were going to show how to scale bigger or smaller - NOT the exact same size. Tnx!
Students are usually introduced to the principles with sight size, once they are familiar with the technique they go up to the next level of complexity with a method called "comparative measuring". That method deals with scaling. This is not the only system obviously, just one that helps students develop an eye for accuracy and teaches them what information to look for. Videos on this Comparative method are coming soon.
Near the start when you mention everything needs to be lined up ----- for some strrrange reason, every time I needed to cut a bit off a large sheet of paper, I'd slapdash it onto my cutting mat, not caring how 'optical delusional' the grid lines showing along its side, put a straight-edge down, and from any angle (usually did this on the floor) I'd reach out to the farthest part and draw my blade fully across. From simply eyeballing it, i would manage to bypass all visual cues to blooper, and if I brought the ends together, they'd either match perfectly, or be 1/2mm off. And though I forget the number, it would always be the same width .. (1-1/2cm?).
No. Sir --- I am not from Mars.
I haven't needed to cut in a decade ... I should give it a go to test now.
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Hi! I would like to see you providing purchasing links for your drawing materials, more specifically the drawing papers.
They are coming
unfortunately the actual drawing part was cut out?
This lesson is just about the measuring, please go to this video to see more :ruclips.net/video/qvr1NLYeDAw/видео.html
Great tutorial! Is the measuring stick a special tool I need to purchase, or can I use any straight stick I have? (Like knitting needles)
just us a kitchen skewer or knitting needle, you want a point on the end.
Great demo, but very I found the background "musical noise" very distracting.
Might I suggest the 2-point technique for angled lines that have proven successful in more than just portraits. Mark the two endpoints of the angled line on the reference and find their distances from both the horizontal and vertical grid lines. Plot them on your paper much as you did graphing coordinates when in high school. Your crossing grid lines serve as coordinate axes and their crossing point is the origin. You can connect the plotted points with a straight line or an arc. If you want to check your arc, simply get the distance between the origin and the furthest point of the arc, and place that point on your drawing.
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Can you do a video on this? I am lost😊
@@WeezieV Sorry I can't, I don't understand what they are talking about either!!!! Perhaps its triangulation, but the way it's explained here is as clear as mud.😶
Thank you. But what if you wish to scale up or down
Students are usually introduced to the principles with sight size, once they are familiar with the technique they go up to the next level of complexity with a method called "comparative measuring". This is not the only system obviously, just one that helps students develop an eye for accuracy and teaches them what information to look for. Videos on this Comparative method are coming soon.
how does this apply when you are drawing from a live model? Thank you.
sight size is a great technique to learn the basic principles of measuring. the next step up is comparative measuring. Takes the same principles but relies more on the eye and being able to gage proportions. Start with this method then move to the next level up. Will provide those videos in the future.
What is that beautiful background music you are using?
not sure, I get all my music from Epidemic Sound. ( copyright issues) I go in and look for a particular non intrusive pleasant sound and it presents several options. I download what works.
@@careyalvezartschool Don't suppose you recall the filename?
@@revdrjon Just for you.... ES_Dismantle - Peter Sandberg 2
@@careyalvezartschool Bless you!
Nothing wrong with this demo, but if ever you plan to do live portraits you still have to develop hand eye coordination. That will only come with constant practice. Personally, rather than spend time with rulers and other gadjets, youre best using photos and cheap copy paper to do loads of pictures. Better still if you can get people to sit for you.
I agree, but this technique introduces students to the concepts of what to look for, shapes, alignments, angles, proportions. When working with a live model you need to move up to comparative measuring.
Also as an instructor I need to be sensitive to people's circumstances and, resources and what their goals are. For a lot of people this helps them take the next step forward.
I've been teaching for years now, and I've had to adjust my methods and and expectations to to fit the students needs, abilities and work ethic as well as their reasons for doing this.
This method IS popular! So I'm happy to share.
Carey Carey how are you doing greetings from Vancouver
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Thank you for this. It's a shame that drafting isn't the natural first step in art instruction instead of just turning you loose to draw or paint something. The craft of art is important, isn't it?
I agree. I was a student a long time before I taught and all too often I was left wondering "what the heck am I paying for here".
When I was finally able to go to an academy I was sooo grateful for the the actual skill building instruction that I got. Mastery is important for me, I recognize its not the main priority for everyone but I enjoy the challenge and feeling of accomplishment. However having said all that technical skills are not the whole show. Personal expression, your own voice and equally important... But one step at a time.
@@careyalvezartschool Thank you for your return comment! Your "What the heck am I paying for here?" brings back memories of my first (and only) acrylic painting class where absolutely nothing was said about the characteristics of that particular paint. I look back and think what a scam that pricey summer college class really was.
There is nothing to stop developing artists from expressing whatever their hearts desire but it sure seems like alongside of that aspect of it art school is there for training you in skills. Art is a job like any other and requires knowledge of materials, tools, and skills to get where you want to go with them.
I shall be watching more of your videos (this was my first) and have subscribed, of course. I feel so lucky to have stumbled upon your channel. Thanks again!
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Seems a bit long winded, transfer paper would be easier as its the same size, or if you wanted to scale up or down, the grid method.
It depends on what your objective is. If producing a drawing is your goal, why not trace, but if you want to master your drawing skills you need to train your eye. Leaning measuring techniques is part of that learning curve. Sight size is an introductory method, next is comparative which builds on that then with practice you can rely on your eye. By then your awareness if proportions, alignments and shapes are hardwired in your thinking and its second nature, but you have to start somewhere.
Are you against using transfer paper when you are in a hurry and the portrait is going to be the same size as your reference?
Well this is about learning to draw and develop your skills and your eye. Tracing will never do that. Personally I found that tracing sabotages the learning process.
As a professional who has tight deadlines I get it, its all about production, but as a student wanting to master a skill , you need to go through the process and PRACTICE. That's the path for anyone who wants to get better.
So One to One is easy but scale up ???
Students are usually introduced to the principles with sight size, once they are familiar with the technique they go up to the next level of complexity with a method called "comparative measuring". This is not the only system obviously, just one that helps students develop an eye for accuracy and teaches them what information to look for.
Alternatively, get a projector.
t depends on what your objective is. If producing a drawing is your goal, why not trace, but if you want to master your drawing skills you need to train your eye. Leaning measuring techniques is part of that learning curve. Sight size is an introductory method, next is comparative which builds on that then with practice you can rely on your eye. By then your awareness if proportions, alignments and shapes are hardwired in your thinking and its second nature, but you have to start somewhere.
@@careyalvezartschool I totally agree! Training the "perceptual abilities" is the objective. I once remember measuring up the base of a shed with rulers and spirit levels and plumb lines...etc. and an experienced builder came along and with a quick glance spotted a half inch (1cm ish) discrepancy in a 20 foot (6 metre ish) ayout. That's perceptual ability!
@@isaaca6445you know, you just made me realize something.
I've been drawing and painting all my life and I could never figure out why other people would think things would or wouldn't fit on shelves or through doorways or how deep a hole was just by looking.
They would be off by a foot or a couple of inches.
I guess I trained my eye because I just know, now I'll stop saying, "well just look at it! It's obviously not going to fit" 😂
If you are just copying a photo, why not use a pantograph?
This is an introductory measuring technique and its designed to train the eye. You need to develop the perceptual ability to see proportions, angles and alignments. How to read an image. that's why we don't use a ruler or calipers here. These are baby steps to train the eye to "see" . Next level up is comparative measuring. Next level after that is freehand and interpretive.
It also trains the eye and is visually a fun problem to breakdown and simplify the work of an artist you like
@@AlaapHasan Absolutely, Tracing is simply not interesting for me, I want to build skill and develop my eye.
Whats a pantograph?
Measuring is not copying it just helps with accuracy and helps training your eye. This was a really good tutorial I am grateful I stumbled upon it.
Get rid of the photograph and learn to draw from life.
I do, but that is not always possible, is it. Particularly if you have a specific composition or painting in mind. I spent years in the academy system, I understand the benefits and the limitations of working directly from life. Particularly the expense and logistics of accessing appropriate models all the time. Or just getting stuck with a live academic model in life class. How many naked people can you, or do you want to draw in a lifetime? Both have their pros and cons. But you do need to be aware of the issues when working from photos, distortion, flat lighting, creating form etc.
Appreciate the feedback.
Good grief. Why not just trace the thing.
It depends on what your objective is. If producing a drawing is your goal, why not trace, but if you want to master your drawing skills you need to train your eye. Learning measuring techniques is part of that learning curve. Sight size is an introductory method, next is comparative which builds on that then with practice you can rely on your eye. By then your awareness if proportions, alignments and shapes are hardwired in your thinking and its second nature, but you have to start somewhere.
little too stiff. but it is accurate. to avoid this try moving around shoulders and bend the neck.
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It's really interesting! I tried it and amazing! 🙌🏻 Thanks for making the video!
Thanks for your feedback, really appreciate it.