26 October 2005

Learning How to draw with the Grid Method

The Grid Method is one of the basics methods for accurate drawing. It is used also for making larger copies of a sketch, and to translate little thumbnails to large formats manually. As the name implies, you have to create grid on top of the original image. For this you can draw over the image or put a see-through paper on top and start making the grid. Then you make a grid on the support you want to draw on, and basically copy the source grid by grid, solving the proportion poblems quite easily. In my own opinion, this way you don't learn how to draw like it is supposed to. You can't grid for example a live model, but it is definetely useful when enlarging a small sketch that we have. If you want to see how this method works, I recommend going to The Grid Method in Paint by Grids. They have a nice tutorial over there that will actually show you what this is all about and how you can use it when working with pictures.

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