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Photography can be a great resource for drawings. Because photography on it’s own
is considered a form of art, it is suggested that artists take their own photographs to
use as reference for drawings. When the artist uses their own photography, the
drawing is completely their own creation.
Photographs can be a great aid in creating highly realistic drawings. In this lesson,
we’ll look at using the “grid technique” to create a drawing from a photo.
In the “Preferences” pane, change the “Gridline Every” box to “1” inches and
the “Subdivisions” to “0”. You may pick a color that you want the gridlines to be
as well.
Now the corresponding grid will need to be drawn on the drawing surface.
Horizontal lines are measured at 1” intervals to match the horizontal lines of the grid
on our photo reference.
The artist can now refer to the individual squares on the photo reference and draw
the contours that exist in the corresponding square on the drawing surface.
When the contours are completed, the artist can now begin to add the values that
exist in the drawing.
As the values are added, be mindful of the palm of your hand. In this case, a paper
towel is used to prevent the palm from smearing the graphite in worked areas.
When the information is simplified into smaller “chunks”, the artist is less likely to be
overwhelmed with challenging subjects.