#008 Where to Find Subjects - Do This to Draw to Size

Hi!

We have drawn a lot of small subjects and improved our drawing skills by reaching for that goal of making our drawing of the objects the exact size of the actual objects. I've designed your course this way to help those who drew too small, and to heighten your awareness of the edge of the paper and distances to that edge and the edges of objects within the space. 

I should mention, however that you can draw an object larger or smaller than it actually appears. I can put a whole quarter mile of train track within a 9 x 12 inch piece of paper if I want to. I can also draw a dime the size of a baseball. So please do not feel like you can only choose small things in every drawing. 

With that said, today we will draw to size, so find some objects that will fit within the space of your paper and tear the paper to make it smaller if necessary. 

Enjoy Drawing!

Brenda Ellis, author of ARTistic Pursuits.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER

• How to draw an object to size
• Use guidelines to draw through to see the angles
• Details are a final step
• Checking distances to the edges of the paper for more accurate drawing

Note: The technique of tearing the paper to be just a bit larger than the objects we draw and placing one sheet of the same size under the objects is used in lessons #001 and #004.