The grid method involves drawing a grid over your reference photo, and then drawing a grid of equal ratio on your work surface. This serves as a drawing aid for the visual artist.
this was so helpful! I am working on a lesson plan and wanted to employ grid technique for students but i havent done that technique in a long time, this was a good example and you explained this very well. thank you
Thanks for sharing this awesome technique, i will definitely be using this often. I have trouble scaling my drawings to size, so this will eliminate that issue! 💯‼️
I know my father used the grid technique for copying imagery unto the surface he was going to be painting on, & I could see & understand the value of so doing. But I have often been inclined to simply going freehand into my art projects, even the larger (which have been rare) ones. This being the case, your demonstration here has been a great refresher for me, Mario Pires, & this as I'm about to embark upon some large scale art pieces & with the intention of not only finishing them quickly, but far more accurately in representation of my original reference images. So many thanks to you. 👍🏼 Be blessed. 🙏🏼 A do have a Wonderful Christmas 2021, & may you seek the Light of the world to shine upon you in any dark times up ahead of us in 2022.
I always end up over sizing when working from a reference, how do you stop this? It's difficult especially using a grid app for digital pics that I can't print because I don't have a printer, any tips would be helpful for me ! Thanks for the video 👍🙂
Maybe you can put your image reference in A4 sized canvas in the app(if your paper was A4 sized) and then adjust the image to the canvas. Same size of canvas and your paper will be easier to create the grid in the app and will be easier to draw the grid on the paper because the canvas and the paper has the same size. For the last resort, there is no choice but print the image Or maybe you want to try the tracing method
Hey great video. I am using a 11x17 but am not able to print out same size image. So I was thinking 10x16 but that is still too big and half of that is 5x8. I see your grid is even measured so should I go with 4x8 to print and then 8x16 for the sketch?
Is it ok just to do square by square? I find it easier to just shade square by square but my art teacher says to do lines then shade. I don’t wanna get a bad grade so is the at important?
I used a 2 inch grid on the larger drawing because I was creating a drawing double the size of an 8 x 10 that was gridded at one inch. If you have a 12 x 36 and want to create an artwork based from a photo, I advise using an image that is around 3 x 9.
Do you suggest art students doing this who are painting or not? Cause my teacher 20 years ago frowned on me when i was doing this for a rough foundation for a painting. I was enlarging one of my photos and they didn't like the method so much. They thought i should eye ball it.
20 years later those things my teacher(s) said about frowning on using technology still comes to the fore front even though i've realized now, everyone uses technology in their work. (It's handicaped me a bit, but i'm still trying to get over it.) If you're a cgi artsist - well duh, but motion capture is pretty much tracing. And digital art using photoshop layers that you can trace images with wow. :D I'm not saying everyone traces, but computers just make it easier. Time saver most def. and that's what griding is about, getting your proportions right and saving you time.
I think 20-25 years ago with the early stages of home PC's those tenured teachers with egos (who been out of the work game for a decade and had been teaching) probably weren't aware of the ease of use and were stuck in the drafting stage mentality. Example: in my graphic design class we still had to learn drafting board techniques even though NO ONE (99% of no one) would be using them in the future because of PC's (the kids/students knew this the grown adults- not so much). This is around the time the school was converting to computer labs. The teachers sadly were bad and didn't know anything about computers. So computer aided programs like photoshop, illustrator dreamweaver, Flash- basically taught ourselves :(. What a waste of money for that racist school "Miami University" was in Oxford, Ohio (yea, calling them out) and other disciplines were sorta the same with thoughts towards computers.
I transfer my sketches to an iPad and then ink and color digitally. Also, I’ll take the original and copy it using a light table and color with markers. I’m not doing it for money but it helps keep me out of the bars.
@@SDW90808 Hello. When you say you transfer your sketches to the iPad, you take photos of them and then upload them to your drawing/art app? Would you mind sharing which app you use? And what’s the best way to capture your sketch via camera to avoid glare? Thank you.🙏🏿
Good question. I will create a video to answer this question fully in the near future. For now, let's answer your question. If you have an 8 x 10 print and 11" x 17" drawing paper, I would do the following: It is impossible to perfectly fit an 8 x 10 scaled up image onto a full 11 x17 paper, but you have an alternative. You could scale up the 8x10 to create a 10" x 12.5" drawing quite easily. Start by making a grid that is spaced every 2 inches on your 8 x10 printed image. You will end up with a grid that is 4 squares by 5 squares, or a 4/5 ratio. On your 11 x 17 paper, make a rectangle that is 10" x 12.5" inches. Then mark every 2.5" around the perimeter of the rectangle. You will then link up your lines and have a 4 square by 5 square grid as well. There are other options to get larger on your paper, but this is a simple example of scaling up with simple measurements. I hope this helps!
Great tutorial, but never measure a point off of a point. That’s how you get inaccurate measurements. Just use a larger ruler or measure off the other edge of the paper.
You can erase, but make sure to lightly make the grid lines if you expect to erase the grid. Typically it is best to trace your completed sketch onto a new piece of drawing paper. That way, the grid is not an issue. I hope this helps!
The grid method works best if you use two images that are in proportion with one another. 11 x 13 would work and you could center it on the 11 x 14 and just fill in the extra 1/2 inch on each length. You would break up your 11 x 13 every 1 1/3 an inch. The 1/2 inch extra would need to be filled in on your own
This technique builds hand eye coordination and helps you focus and be accurate. As far as drawing skills, you want to build your skills through sketching from observation.
Mine is giving me a lot of trouble. Am so frustrated, am using an A3 paper. Each time i draw my grid, it doesn't match nor look alike at all. Am so sad😭😞. I want to draw nd market them. Will u be my tutor online?
