Portrait drawing of a woman - Complete block-in process 

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Hi. I use comparative measuring for drawings that are larger or smaller than the reference or from life. In the video I say "relative measuring" but it's technically called comparative measuring. Sorry about that. So what I should have done is mark the top and bottom of the drawing. Then I measure from my reference the width of the head, turn my measuring stick 90 degrees and see how far up that measurement goes. Then I know the ratio and can measure out the same height I see, turn it back 90 degrees and that is my width. I talk more about it in this video within the first 7 minutes: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cwnbHblsqrQ.html I hope that answers your question.

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He did say that it was a bicycle spoke.

@ : Roger ; did you mean a piece of that stick , came from part of Bicycle?

@@pramuanpoe3960 yes, a bicycle spoke usually comes from a bicycle.

The relative measuring method works throughout the drawing. The first long lines establish the shape and silhouette. Then the details like eyes, nose, lips are placed based on a same method. Basically, if you know three points you know where the fourth point goes... but it is a guess until it feels right. Then I add smaller details until the entire face with details is blocked in. Another way to know where a feature is is to notice what is straight above or below that feature your adding. For example wherethe hair line turns down is directly above what? That helps place the right eye and pupil and details also. It's a sort of triangulation mapping.

I do most of my drawing on a convertible easel. I can sit and rotate the table angle easily. Thanks for asking!

I use a bicycle spoke for measuring and I grind down the ends so the metal is dull

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I did the voice over after the video so I am able to foretell the audience what will happen. If you watch the whole video it will make sense in the long run. Thanks for watching