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The Art & Science of Drawing / MEASURING & PROPORTION

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Overview

Dramatically increase the accuracy of your drawings.

What you'll learn:
  • How to determine the proportions of any subject
  • How to use the pencil to transfer accurate information from their subject to their drawing surface.
  • How to combine a variety of measuring techniques to accurately measure any subject.

This is the fifth installmentinTHE ART & SCIENCE of DRAWING series. In this course you’ll be introduced to a series of measuring tools and strategies that will take the guesswork our of the drawing process. You'll learn how to determine the proportions of any subject and draw them accurately on the page. You’ll also learn how to use angle sighting to triangulate the location of any conceivable point on your subject.

This course is perfect for artist of any medium looking to improve their accuracy and a great primer for painting and figure drawing.

THE ART & SCIENCE of DRAWINGis a remarkable program that will teach you how to draw one day at a time. The program is simple, each day you’ll watch one video lesson that will introduce an essential drawing skill, and thendo the recommended practice.THE ART & SCIENCE of DRAWINGis overflowing with powerful insights into the drawing process and offers some of the clearest, most accessible drawing instruction available.Many of the tools andtechniques you'll learn hereare rarely seen outside of private art academies.

This course is highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn to paint as well. Most master painters agree that drawing is a fundamental and essential skill for all painters.

This course is the fifth installmentof an 8-part series. If you're a beginner, we recommend going through the entire series in the following order:
Basic Skills
Dynamic Mark Making
Form & Space
Measuring & Proportion
Contours
Shading Fundamentals
Shading: Beyond the Basics

If you've got some drawing experience, feel free to mix and match The Art & Science of Drawingcourses to suit your personal needs as an artist!

Taught by

Brent Eviston

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