We used the drawing grid method to transfer our photo portraits. Everyone used rulers to create a six by six inch grid on our six by six inch wooden tiles. The drawing grid method is a very easy way to draw proportionally. It helps you accurately draw your reference object, we used photographs of ourselves as our reference. Renaissance artists such as Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo DaVinci popularized the grid method in the 15th century .
The drawing grid is a simple technique with realistic results you place a grid on your reference (the portrait ) and have the same grid pattern on your paper, you transfer the image using the squares as reference. It breaks up the reference into more manageable sections making it easier to draw.
Left:This is what a drawing grid looked like when artists used it in the 15th century.
Pictures of our drawing grids and portraits coming soon....
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