To check if your grid outline is square measure from top left corner to bottom right then top right to bottom left, if both measurements are the same then you outline is perfectly square.
I have heard of and used this method all the time. One thing I’ve done with some art project is use a water soluble graphite with graphitint and watercolor paintings. HB graphite just disappears. Just don’t go to heavy handed otherwise you can accidentally tint some watercolors.
I like your videos very much. On this particular video, I was excited to "re-visit" the grid method from my art school days. I was disappointed though because I found the video confusing (only meant as a positive critique ) even though I already understood how to do this. A friendly request: please consider re-doing this video using Slower & more "Deliberate" speaking. I'm not a "math person" either, but ya gotta speak slower and w more inflection, when teaching more complex subjects. Kind of like what military "drill sergeants" do when they train new recruits by shouting insults & orders at them.... they raise their voices as needed.
I always use a grid on my photos and canvas. My art teacher taught that in the early 70s. I truly love your work! The things you are doing are not being taught anymore. Not in the lower grades.
Thank you - oh don't get me started, my daughter is 26 and she was given no technical guidance in art whatsoever, just told to 'express yourself'. It's so frustrating for them, pretty hard to express yourself when you don't know how to make the medium do what you want!
I'm older than that, but the "express yourself" form of teaching is why I never learned grammar! Reading books is the only thing that saved my writing from being totally incomprehensible.
Perfect example of why I hate gridding up, I always end up with the dots wrong! I just lightly trace basic shapes now with a light box then do my drawing over the top of the shapes. Less is more when tracing! If you're going big then a projector helps too.
I love your teaching style Michelle and your honesty. I had exactly the same thought today, as I too make clothes but am appalling at maths. But I told myself today, I can make something three dimensional out of a flat piece of cloth. And here you are saying the same thing. You are fabulous. My drawing is coming along nicely. I seem to have a natural talent. Which I’m very pleased to say. So onwards and upwards. 😘
This was so helpful to me. I learned about drawing grids years ago but was so discouraged by the experience that I gave up (age has made me much more patient). Now I am completely excited about it. Thank you for being a good teacher.
Another great informative video Michele! I use the grid mostly when I'm trying to capture a likeness as you mentioned. I draw directly on my watercolour paper with a col-erase colored pencil in a warm grey colour. It's dark enough to see while painting and It doesn't smudge like the graphite, it also keeps my colours from getting muddy because the wax content in the pencil keeps the watercolour from picking up the pencil.
Nice work. I've used this technique over many years and I find it very helpful to number all the grid lines vertically and horizontally to prevent drawing in the wrong square.
I use an overhead projector which shines any picture I have on my computer (including all my photographs and any other pictures on the internet) down onto my watercolor paper. I then trace the picture with as much detail as I want and, as Bob's your uncle, I'm ready to paint. The great Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Milkmaid, ...) in the mid 16 hundreds, used a similar setup to draw all his subjects and, hey, if it's good enough for Vermeer, it's good enough for me.
Thank you Michele, it makes a lot of sense now to use a grid instead of tracing. I love your inclusion of the errors. It helps to know how to correct mistakes. Very informative.
I have used grids for decades and was very tickled when our teacher shared it. It was American high school and a year or two before graduation and I'd been working on my drawing skills for decades by then, but still found this a real joy to use. I've since learned how to use tracing and all sorts of other techniques to make my work better ad since added computer skills to the mix, but when I speak to new artists who think they have no drawing skills I make sure to teach them this technique since, as you pointed out they are still exercising those parts of the brain that allow you to draw accurately by eye! It thrilled me so to learn how to do this. Grids have been at the basis of so many of my best work! The old carpentry saying truly applies here in spades: "measure twice; (or more! There's no measuring tax, so go nuts! make certain!) cut (or in our case draw) once" Cheers, Michelle. Well done lesson!
I learned this technique in elementary school, in the 1960s. We used our favorite cartoons. Mine was a cartoon by Harvey Comics named Hot Stuff (little devil). I remember being very pleased with the results! Thank you for reminding me of this technique. I had forgotten how to do it. I want to draw my granddaughters. This will certainly help! Thank you so much!
Another great one! On the rare occasions I use a grid, I try to make the drawing squares as large as the subject will tolerate, which brings in more drawing skills but retains proportions. And less "maths", as you would say! Thank you for your cheerful demeanor and teaching style.
Thank you for this lesson Michele! It's made me brave enough to try grinding again. I'm so glad I was smart enough to subscribe to your channel when I found you! What a lovely teacher you are!
Thanks, I have heard about this technique many times but didn't know how to do it,but your video helped me and this was the only video I needed, thank you so muchhh
Grid drawing brings back to highschool when my art teacher told me to give up I'll never be able to do art work it was harsh I stopped drawing and painting subdued my creative side any art themes were just put off to the back burner...then ....but I just did my landscape design spacial work drawings for my landscape business then I had accident and t life changed then the pandemic hit I really never thought I could do art again till friends suggestions...I really understood when you did video about how it took you so long to reacquire your love of art and used that live to reestablish yourself in the art community and become successful...I wish they would teach art teachers that art isnt about just reality it's about the fulfillment of joy in your heart and soul for theres beauty in many different forms of art...🎨✍....mikelle art mom
The grid technique helped me tremendously. It gave me confidence to start drawing more with my watercolors, rather than tracing. You are wonderfully talented as an artist and a teacher!
This is so helpful, Michele, thank you so much for explaining the grid process so clearly. I am challenged mathematically too, but I’m sure I can follow this! Much appreciated!
Thanks for sharing this with us. I am so glad you explained this especially when doing the second grid part of upgrading it to the paper. I have finally figured out how & why I was always messing up with using the grid system. I have tried it & not succeeded well because I didn’t know how to get it done correctly. I have always just tried to get it drawn by eye with most things & just live with the wonkiness. I need to do a grid mostly with portraits. Happy Birthday 🎈🎊 Michele!
A great way to copy. I've done puzzle books that use this method. Luckily, I have a T-square left from my high school years in the 70's. This way is good for keeping the original creativity. Good tutorial.
There is an easier way to draw a grid that doesn’t involve measuring; take a strip of wood like a ruler (or rule, for the pedantic) that is the width of your intended squares. Then simply draw the lines using the already laid down lines to line up the wood each time. For large canvases just get a strip of wood from your local home reno store.
Michelle, your videos are always awesome, and I simply ADORE your humour. Always looking forward to the next one. This one was again very helpful. Many thanks, also for the advice concerning checking out potential suitor's teeth. 🙃
I really struggle with scaling something I want to draw from a photo from my computer to my paper. Thank you so much.I will definetnly try this method. Thank you for all you do!!
Ive NEVER yet been able to draw a mathematically precise grid & lately im drawing on A1 sized paper there is always some wedging/diagonalling. BUT it doesnt have to be precise to the mm, plus as you rightly say this is still free hand drawing the grid can only be a rough guide, there are problems with an almost straight line on the referance material which meets a grid line line but all in all its a very helpful method
Thank you Michele, this is so helpful as I would love to do some sketching and this will be very helpful in getting proportions correct which I find difficult sometimes.
Suggest you use letters and numbers on the latitude and longitude lines (at the top and one side) so you don’t have to keep counting lines. Also, I draw the lines with a permanent marker on a document protector that way I can slip other pictures into the document protector and the lines will be already drawn.
Thank you so much - this is by far the best description of how to grid up - thank you for taking the time and making it so natural as well! Best wishes. Jane/Oxford
Fantastic demonstration of the grid method, and to be honest, it's so long since I used this method I had forgotten how helpful it was. I would like to continue to draw freehand, to improve my skills, but there will inevitably come a time when I will need to use this (pretty soon I should imagine 😁) so thank you for sharing this with us. You are indeed the best 🙏 Take care, and thank you 🙏❤️
Thank you! I'm only just learning to draw. I've found that even placing a few guidelines here and there can help a lot.........to prevent a horse from losing a leg at the edge of the paper, for example, lol
So many of us paint in sizes to fit ready made frames like 8x10 or 9x12 or 16x20. It would be great to hear how you adjust your photo to grid to those sizes. I believe that some artists use a ratio. Quite a lot of math to figure out best ratio for the size you want to paint.
Thank you,I have always tried to draw free hand and it sometimes took many tries to get right.This video is so helpful and has made everything easier and clearer.Thank you .
So glad that you kept your adjustment/correction of the first grid; we 'all' do these errors even super artists like Michele; thanks for the lesson; thanks for the honesty!
I think I would buy the all ready made grid on tracing paper I have always admired people who can do portrait painting or drawing so now you have been a wonderful teacher just what I need thanks 🙏
Thank you! This was a great exercise and I think I'll buy a pre-drawn grid and choose the spacing. Wonderful how you explained the process. Absolutely love " check the teeth", LOL! You look fabulous Da-Ling!
Great video! Note on the camera angle, depending on what device you use for video editing and what free/very cheap software is available for it you may be able to use digital perspective correction (also sometimes called keystone correction, as it can be used to correct keystone on projectors). It will never look quite as good as a top down view, but it can look pretty good.
In my first art book my parents bought me honks ago, a carton Bambi was drawn in a grid helping you to reproduce it! Many of the viewers have said it’s a super method! I must try it, you & that book were the only mentions I’ve heard of it! So helpful! Thanks.
Michelle, not only are you my favorite art teacher on TH-cam but I also have developed an ear for your amazing humor. I was listening so intently to this class when you drifted off subject and commented about your visit to your dental hygienist. While I agree with your thoughts about proper care for one’s teeth, I was totally caught off guard with your comparison of men’s teeth to horse’s teeth at 22:20. Your comment was so funny I had to pause the video until I could stop laughing! 😂 Being an avid horse lover and rider as well, it was the funniest comment that I’ve heard in a while. Now I have two reasons to watch more of your fantastic videos; your amazing art teaching skills and your unique humor. 🤩👏🤣 Keep up your great work! 🙏🏻👩🎨🎨
I used to use a plastic sleeve with the grid drawn on it with marker, then all i had to do was print the picture and put it in the sleeve. But i don't have a printer any more so I'm putting the pic in my phone and drawing from there. At first it was pretty hard to get used to how zooming in and out made me constantly have to redefine my perception of space on my drawing paper, but now it's no issue at all. So to get the grid on my picture, i use the photo editor in my computer. I use a program similar to Photoshop that allows me to use layers. I use 2 different size papers (11x14 and 14x17). I created 4 files... 14x11 Landscape, 11x14 Portrait, 17x14 Landscape, and 14x17 Portrait. For example, to have a template for the 11x14 Portrait, i opened a new file, made the picture size 11 in x14 in, and named it 11x14 Portrait. To make the 14x11 Landscape file, i opened a new file with picture size as 14 in x 11 in. For each file, i made a layer with 1 inch grid on it (transparent). (They were easy to do after finding a TH-cam tutorial on how to do it with the program i have - Affinity Photo). Each file also has a layer under the grid layer for changing the color pic to black and white if I'm doing a graphite drawing. If I'm using color pencils, i can just turn that layer off. So all i have to do when i find a pic i want to draw, is open my file in the editor, open the pic i want to draw, then copy the pic and paste it as a new layer under the top 2 layers. Then i can enlarge it or position it any way i want for the best composition. Then all i have to so is export the picture to my folder on the computer. Then i hook my phone to the computer and copy the picture i just made. I set my phone display to stay on for 10 minutes so it doesn't keep going black on me. If you know how to use Photoshop or similar programs, and you don't have a computer, and if you can get used to drawing from your phone... Then it's really convenient to use the files and quickly have any pic ready in seconds. Now i think I'd rather do it this way than having to get a printer, because (if I'm using a high quality picture) i can zoom in as close as i want to see the detail in trying to draw.
Thank you, Michele. I really needed this video. As always, you have given me all the basics to get started right away rather than go on a hunt for more information and I really love and appreciate that about you.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber I ended up drawing a building Heydar Aliyev Center using this method and I must say, that was the best drawing I've ever done on my life.
Hi Michele! I am starting to do a hyper realistic African elephant for the first time and thought it would be easier with the grid method. Such a serious topic! Came across your video and soon my seriousness changed to light-heartedness and laughter..."If you are 50+ and single, choose your men like you choose your horses. It's important! Yu can't guarantee that they'll have hair anymore, but I think it's good to check the teeth!" I have a friend I am going to send this quote to. She recently was set up with a guy at her summer trailer community, who somehow lost his teeth. They people around the fire, toasting marshmellows and hotdogs, said they must have fallen into the fire pit... haha ...my friend was NOT impressed with the set-up!!!!! Thanks for a good laugh and a great video on grids!
Hilarious. A friend of mine went on a date with a guy who kept his had over his mouth. Eventually she realised he had no front teeth. Stick to painting it's safer ;-)
Instead of using a ruler have a go with a devider I find that they are quicker and I don't need to worry about whether I'm working in metric or imperial.
You are brilliant! Just a little tip Michele, after you have drawn and measured all the outlines, before you start marking your squares on the lines, measure diagonally across the inside of your outline from one corner to the other, then measure diagonally across the other two corners and they should be the same, you don't need a tape use anything as long as they are the same distance, you then know it is square. I am probably telling my grandmother how to suck eggs here 😋
Thank you for responding to our requests for grid drawing. Thank you also for your thorough explanation. I am learning a great deal and that makes me happy. You are a great teacher!
I use an app called “ Grid” that overlays any type of grid you want on your photo. I then print the photo ( at drug store) and BAM! There’s my reference. Pretty cool
Let me know if this was helpful and try this video next: Improve your Drawing Skills (10 Fast Tips!) th-cam.com/video/9h7UW3rMzy8/w-d-xo.html
To check if your grid outline is square measure from top left corner to bottom right then top right to bottom left, if both measurements are the same then you outline is perfectly square.
I have heard of and used this method all the time. One thing I’ve done with some art project is use a water soluble graphite with graphitint and watercolor paintings. HB graphite just disappears. Just don’t go to heavy handed otherwise you can accidentally tint some watercolors.
This was really helpful, thank you x
Yes, that is so helpful. Keep it up.👍
I like your videos very much. On this particular video, I was excited to "re-visit" the grid method from my art school days. I was disappointed though because I found the video confusing (only meant as a positive critique ) even though I already understood how to do this. A friendly request:
please consider re-doing this video using Slower & more "Deliberate" speaking. I'm not a "math person" either, but ya gotta speak slower and w more inflection, when teaching more complex subjects. Kind of like what military "drill sergeants" do when they train new recruits by shouting insults & orders at them.... they raise their voices as needed.
I always use a grid on my photos and canvas. My art teacher taught that in the early 70s. I truly love your work! The things you are doing are not being taught anymore. Not in the lower grades.
Thank you - oh don't get me started, my daughter is 26 and she was given no technical guidance in art whatsoever, just told to 'express yourself'. It's so frustrating for them, pretty hard to express yourself when you don't know how to make the medium do what you want!
I'm older than that, but the "express yourself" form of teaching is why I never learned grammar! Reading books is the only thing that saved my writing from being totally incomprehensible.
Perfect example of why I hate gridding up, I always end up with the dots wrong! I just lightly trace basic shapes now with a light box then do my drawing over the top of the shapes. Less is more when tracing! If you're going big then a projector helps too.
I love your teaching style Michelle and your honesty. I had exactly the same thought today, as I too make clothes but am appalling at maths. But I told myself today, I can make something three dimensional out of a flat piece of cloth. And here you are saying the same thing. You are fabulous.
My drawing is coming along nicely. I seem to have a natural talent. Which I’m very pleased to say.
So onwards and upwards. 😘
Brilliant, keep going Kylie!
I am so happy that you covered this topic. I was curious and tried to do it on my own, but it's best when a teacher explains--thank you!
This was so helpful to me. I learned about drawing grids years ago but was so discouraged by the experience that I gave up (age has made me much more patient). Now I am completely excited about it. Thank you for being a good teacher.
Ah, I am so pleased!
Another great informative video Michele! I use the grid mostly when I'm trying to capture a likeness as you mentioned. I draw directly on my watercolour paper with a col-erase colored pencil in a warm grey colour. It's dark enough to see while painting and It doesn't smudge like the graphite, it also keeps my colours from getting muddy because the wax content in the pencil keeps the watercolour from picking up the pencil.
Great tip!
Great guidance. Really informative start to finish. Thank you.
Nice work. I've used this technique over many years and I find it very helpful to number all the grid lines vertically and horizontally to prevent drawing in the wrong square.
Great tip!
This video is incredibly helpful and since it's real time it's easy to grasp the idea. i love the commentary also. Thank you!
I use an overhead projector which shines any picture I have on my computer (including all my photographs and any other pictures on the internet) down onto my watercolor paper. I then trace the picture with as much detail as I want and, as Bob's your uncle, I'm ready to paint. The great Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Milkmaid, ...) in the mid 16 hundreds, used a similar setup to draw all his subjects and, hey, if it's good enough for Vermeer, it's good enough for me.
Sounds great!
Thank you Michele, it makes a lot of sense now to use a grid instead of tracing. I love your inclusion of the errors. It helps to know how to correct mistakes. Very informative.
I’ve heard others refer to the grid system before but never have utilized it. Thx for this very useful video Michele.🥰
You’re welcome 😊
I have used grids for decades and was very tickled when our teacher shared it. It was American high school and a year or two before graduation and I'd been working on my drawing skills for decades by then, but still found this a real joy to use. I've since learned how to use tracing and all sorts of other techniques to make my work better ad since added computer skills to the mix, but when I speak to new artists who think they have no drawing skills I make sure to teach them this technique since, as you pointed out they are still exercising those parts of the brain that allow you to draw accurately by eye! It thrilled me so to learn how to do this. Grids have been at the basis of so many of my best work!
The old carpentry saying truly applies here in spades: "measure twice; (or more! There's no measuring tax, so go nuts! make certain!) cut (or in our case draw) once"
Cheers, Michelle. Well done lesson!
Thanks!
Thank you, you explain so clearly and you dont go to fast. Us artists often find maths and computers hard so simple is great. Great teacher.
Wow, thank you!
I took several art classes one oil for beginners and watercolor for beginners. This technique of grid was taught. It works great! Thank you. From USA
Wonderful!
I learned this technique in elementary school, in the 1960s. We used our favorite cartoons. Mine was a cartoon by Harvey Comics named Hot Stuff (little devil). I remember being very pleased with the results! Thank you for reminding me of this technique. I had forgotten how to do it. I want to draw my granddaughters. This will certainly help! Thank you so much!
Sounds great!
Another great one! On the rare occasions I use a grid, I try to make the drawing squares as large as the subject will tolerate, which brings in more drawing skills but retains proportions. And less "maths", as you would say! Thank you for your cheerful demeanor and teaching style.
Thanks for sharing!
This is the way I learned in college. The results made me appear to be a much better drawer than I actually was.
Michelle thank you so much for the excellent work. You have no idea how encourage I am right now you rock
Ah thank you!
Besides your expertise, I enjoy your humor, too. Thank you for making these fabulous videos!
Thanks for watching!
I never understood how to use the grid system to expand a photo, now I do. Thank you!
I do love your humor in addition to the tutorials
Thank you for this lesson Michele! It's made me brave enough to try grinding again. I'm so glad I was smart enough to subscribe to your channel when I found you! What a lovely teacher you are!
Thanks so much Martha!
This grid is still the best enlargement system --I agree with you 100 %
Nice to learn how to make and use a grid, thank you Michelle
Thanks, I have heard about this technique many times but didn't know how to do it,but your video helped me and this was the only video I needed, thank you so muchhh
Grid drawing brings back to highschool when my art teacher told me to give up I'll never be able to do art work it was harsh I stopped drawing and painting subdued my creative side any art themes were just put off to the back burner...then ....but I just did my landscape design spacial work drawings for my landscape business then I had accident and t life changed then the pandemic hit I really never thought I could do art again till friends suggestions...I really understood when you did video about how it took you so long to reacquire your love of art and used that live to reestablish yourself in the art community and become successful...I wish they would teach art teachers that art isnt about just reality it's about the fulfillment of joy in your heart and soul for theres beauty in many different forms of art...🎨✍....mikelle art mom
So glad you found your way back to art in the end!
Just the title alone was helpful and topped it with your input was like a shaft and a propeller. Thanks.
No problem!
The grid technique helped me tremendously. It gave me confidence to start drawing more with my watercolors, rather than tracing. You are wonderfully talented as an artist and a teacher!
I'm glad it was helpful!
This is so helpful, Michele, thank you so much for explaining the grid process so clearly. I am challenged mathematically too, but I’m sure I can follow this! Much appreciated!
You are so welcome!
Been using grid system for over 50 years ---still the most accurate ---well done !
Am I the only one surprisingly impressed by the way your green pencil matched your ring?
Totally did that on purpose ;-)
very clear step by step directions on how to make grid. Thank You
You are welcome!
Clear and concise. Easy to follow.
Thanks for sharing this with us. I am so glad you explained this especially when doing the second grid part of upgrading it to the paper. I have finally figured out how & why I was always messing up with using the grid system. I have tried it & not succeeded well because I didn’t know how to get it done correctly. I have always just tried to get it drawn by eye with most things & just live with the wonkiness. I need to do a grid mostly with portraits. Happy Birthday 🎈🎊 Michele!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you!
A great way to copy. I've done puzzle books that use this method. Luckily, I have a T-square left from my high school years in the 70's. This way is good for keeping the original creativity. Good tutorial.
Thanks!
There is an easier way to draw a grid that doesn’t involve measuring; take a strip of wood like a ruler (or rule, for the pedantic) that is the width of your intended squares. Then simply draw the lines using the already laid down lines to line up the wood each time. For large canvases just get a strip of wood from your local home reno store.
I imagine then you might end up with a fraction of a square when you're done, but that shouldn't be much of a problem. Thanks for the tip!
@@1950francesca Yes, that can happen, but like you said, isn't a problem. Just makes it so much easier.
I'm going to start teaching my primary class how to do this.... we will do some self-portraits this way! Loved the video
Awesome! Thank you!
"Have a look at their teeth" 😂thank you for a well-needed chuckle and for this excellent discussion of the grid process.
Thank you for this video! It is so helpful and you are a delight to listen to!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this mind blowing video and thanks to Rosie Coles as well ❤
Michelle, your videos are always awesome, and I simply ADORE your humour. Always looking forward to the next one.
This one was again very helpful.
Many thanks, also for the advice concerning checking out potential suitor's teeth. 🙃
Ha ha, not a problem, thanks for watching!
I taught graphing in my seventh grade art class with amazing results. It takes patience and not skipping any of the steps.
This is by far, hands down, the best tutorial I've seen on how to grid. Thank you so much!
Wow, thanks!
I love your teaching methods, I have learned so much about drawing from you. I am very sorry that some people are mean. Also love your British accent.
Thanks Glenda!
Very well explained and demonstrated. I love your videos. Thank you so so much.
You are so welcome!
I really struggle with scaling something I want to draw from a photo from my computer to my paper. Thank you so much.I will definetnly try this method. Thank you for all you do!!
You are so welcome!
Finally a thorough explanation of grids and their use! Thanks Michele!
My pleasure!
Love to see errors & recovery. Done with absolute panache! Great advice as usual. Belated happy birthday greetings 🎂 🍾🍷
Thanks so much!
What a lovey photograph. Lines of experience and beauty for sure.
Ive NEVER yet been able to draw a mathematically precise grid & lately im drawing on A1 sized paper there is always some wedging/diagonalling.
BUT it doesnt have to be precise to the mm, plus as you rightly say this is still free hand drawing the grid can only be a rough guide, there are problems with an almost straight line on the referance material which meets a grid line line but all in all its a very helpful method
Thank a lot, I truly appreciate your work, I have learned greatly from you
So very helpful! I have done grid drawing before but not accurately, so it was frustrating. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great tutorial , I have always wanted to try this method.
Thanks for the grid drawing.. very helpful!!
Thank you Michele, this is so helpful as I would love to do some sketching and this will be very helpful in getting proportions correct which I find difficult sometimes.
Glad it was helpful!
Michelle you are amazing ❤️I learn soooo much from you. Thank you😊
Thank you so much!
Thank you very much for this video. I have watched quite a few of your videos now and always find them interesting and useful.😊
Great to hear!
Suggest you use letters and numbers on the latitude and longitude lines (at the top and one side) so you don’t have to keep counting lines. Also, I draw the lines with a permanent marker on a document protector that way I can slip other pictures into the document protector and the lines will be already drawn.
Great idea :-)
Thank you so much - this is by far the best description of how to grid up - thank you for taking the time and making it so natural as well! Best wishes. Jane/Oxford
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent presentation. Thanks Michele
You're very welcome!
Thank you very much for this video, I always wanted to know how to scale up a reference image with grid lines!!!
Glad it was helpful!
This has been on my “Research This” list for a good while. Glad it came up. 🙂
Fantastic demonstration of the grid method, and to be honest, it's so long since I used this method I had forgotten how helpful it was. I would like to continue to draw freehand, to improve my skills, but there will inevitably come a time when I will need to use this (pretty soon I should imagine 😁) so thank you for sharing this with us. You are indeed the best 🙏
Take care, and thank you 🙏❤️
No problem Audrey!
Thank you! I'm only just learning to draw. I've found that even placing a few guidelines here and there can help a lot.........to prevent a horse from losing a leg at the edge of the paper, for example, lol
Can't have horses losing legs! Yes even when drawing by eye you should plot your layout before adding details :-)
I have used the grid before. This is a very good explanation of how the grid works and I will recommend it to all my students.
Brilliant, thank you!
Greetings from Thailand 👋🏻
So cute and lovely drawing 😍
Take care and stay safe 🦋
Thank you! You too!
Love your videos, your talent and knowledge; and you're an excellent teacher.
Thanks Eddie!
So many of us paint in sizes to fit ready made frames like 8x10 or 9x12 or 16x20. It would be great to hear how you adjust your photo to grid to those sizes. I believe that some artists use a ratio. Quite a lot of math to figure out best ratio for the size you want to paint.
It's probably best in that sort of case to print your photo to the full size of the painting, grid it and do a direct transfer.
Math is not my strong suit,worse than spelling which is saying somethig 😅
Thank you,I have always tried to draw free hand and it sometimes took many tries to get right.This video is so helpful and has made everything easier and clearer.Thank you .
You're welcome 😊
So glad that you kept your adjustment/correction of the first grid; we 'all' do these errors even super artists like Michele; thanks for the lesson; thanks for the honesty!
I don't have the time to edit to perfection, it would take a long time with all the errors I make!
I think I would buy the all ready made grid on tracing paper I have always admired people who can do portrait painting or drawing so now you have been a wonderful teacher just what I need thanks 🙏
This video was extremely helpful! I always see people mentioning the grid method briefly, but never really going into detail about it. Thanks!
Thank you! This was a great exercise and I think I'll buy a pre-drawn grid and choose the spacing. Wonderful how you explained the process. Absolutely love " check the teeth", LOL! You look fabulous Da-Ling!
Ha, thank you! So glad you liked the video!
Great video! Note on the camera angle, depending on what device you use for video editing and what free/very cheap software is available for it you may be able to use digital perspective correction (also sometimes called keystone correction, as it can be used to correct keystone on projectors). It will never look quite as good as a top down view, but it can look pretty good.
In my first art book my parents bought me honks ago, a carton Bambi was drawn in a grid helping you to reproduce it! Many of the viewers have said it’s a super method! I must try it, you & that book were the only mentions I’ve heard of it! So helpful! Thanks.
No problem!
Michelle, not only are you my favorite art teacher on TH-cam but I also have developed an ear for your amazing humor. I was listening so intently to this class when you drifted off subject and commented about your visit to your dental hygienist. While I agree with your thoughts about proper care for one’s teeth, I was totally caught off guard with your comparison of men’s teeth to horse’s teeth at 22:20. Your comment was so funny I had to pause the video until I could stop laughing! 😂 Being an avid horse lover and rider as well, it was the funniest comment that I’ve heard in a while. Now I have two reasons to watch more of your fantastic videos; your amazing art teaching skills and your unique humor. 🤩👏🤣 Keep up your great work! 🙏🏻👩🎨🎨
Thanks Kirk :-)
I used to use a plastic sleeve with the grid drawn on it with marker, then all i had to do was print the picture and put it in the sleeve.
But i don't have a printer any more so I'm putting the pic in my phone and drawing from there.
At first it was pretty hard to get used to how zooming in and out made me constantly have to redefine my perception of space on my drawing paper, but now it's no issue at all.
So to get the grid on my picture, i use the photo editor in my computer. I use a program similar to Photoshop that allows me to use layers.
I use 2 different size papers (11x14 and 14x17). I created 4 files... 14x11 Landscape, 11x14 Portrait, 17x14 Landscape, and 14x17 Portrait.
For example, to have a template for the 11x14 Portrait, i opened a new file, made the picture size 11 in x14 in, and named it 11x14 Portrait.
To make the 14x11 Landscape file, i opened a new file with picture size as 14 in x 11 in.
For each file, i made a layer with 1 inch grid on it (transparent). (They were easy to do after finding a TH-cam tutorial on how to do it with the program i have - Affinity Photo).
Each file also has a layer under the grid layer for changing the color pic to black and white if I'm doing a graphite drawing. If I'm using color pencils, i can just turn that layer off.
So all i have to do when i find a pic i want to draw, is open my file in the editor, open the pic i want to draw, then copy the pic and paste it as a new layer under the top 2 layers.
Then i can enlarge it or position it any way i want for the best composition. Then all i have to so is export the picture to my folder on the computer. Then i hook my phone to the computer and copy the picture i just made.
I set my phone display to stay on for 10 minutes so it doesn't keep going black on me.
If you know how to use Photoshop or similar programs, and you don't have a computer, and if you can get used to drawing from your phone... Then it's really convenient to use the files and quickly have any pic ready in seconds.
Now i think I'd rather do it this way than having to get a printer, because (if I'm using a high quality picture) i can zoom in as close as i want to see the detail in trying to draw.
I really like your informative videos. You’re doing a good job thank you
I appreciate that!
very useful, what a good teacher you are
Thank you! 😃
Thank you, Michele. I really needed this video. As always, you have given me all the basics to get started right away rather than go on a hunt for more information and I really love and appreciate that about you.
I'm so glad!
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber I ended up drawing a building Heydar Aliyev Center using this method and I must say, that was the best drawing I've ever done on my life.
Thank you for working through the process and sharing how to correct mistakes.
Thanks for watching!
Hi Michele! I am starting to do a hyper realistic African elephant for the first time and thought it would be easier with the grid method. Such a serious topic! Came across your video and soon my seriousness changed to light-heartedness and laughter..."If you are 50+ and single, choose your men like you choose your horses. It's important! Yu can't guarantee that they'll have hair anymore, but I think it's good to check the teeth!" I have a friend I am going to send this quote to. She recently was set up with a guy at her summer trailer community, who somehow lost his teeth. They people around the fire, toasting marshmellows and hotdogs, said they must have fallen into the fire pit... haha ...my friend was NOT impressed with the set-up!!!!! Thanks for a good laugh and a great video on grids!
Hilarious. A friend of mine went on a date with a guy who kept his had over his mouth. Eventually she realised he had no front teeth. Stick to painting it's safer ;-)
Thank you Michelle, so expository.
Fabulous video!! I can’t wait to try this! Thank you for explaining and then walking through an example. This is a game-changer for me.
Brilliant, and thank you!
This was a refresher video for me. Thanks for the reminder on how to use the grid system.
Instead of using a ruler have a go with a devider I find that they are quicker and I don't need to worry about whether I'm working in metric or imperial.
You are brilliant! Just a little tip Michele, after you have drawn and measured all the outlines, before you start marking your squares on the lines, measure diagonally across the inside of your outline from one corner to the other, then measure diagonally across the other two corners and they should be the same, you don't need a tape use anything as long as they are the same distance, you then know it is square. I am probably telling my grandmother how to suck eggs here 😋
It's a great tip!
Happy Birthday. Being new to drawing and painting I've not come across this technique, so this was really useful.
Glad it was helpful! And thank you!
Thank you for sharing this video on how to make grids to help us draw portraits more accurately.
Welcome 😊
This was very helpful, Michele, but a struggle for the mathematically challenged!
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative! Thank you, Michele.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for responding to our requests for grid drawing. Thank you also for your thorough explanation. I am learning a great deal and that makes me happy. You are a great teacher!
So nice of you
Your tutorials are great!
Thank you!
thank you, encourage one out of the tracing habit.
You are welcome!
I learn a lot from you, u are very good.
Awesome! really useful in trying to get the right proportions and angles! Thank you!
I use an app called “ Grid” that overlays any type of grid you want on your photo. I then print the photo ( at drug store) and BAM! There’s my reference. Pretty cool
Very good video. So helpful
This is by far better than tracing. I use guide lines, much like the grid version. Excellent video tutorial !
Thank you!