How to use the Grid Method with a Drawing of Chuck Close as an Example

The Grid Method Proportions are the way that different parts of a drawing relate to each other. If you are drawing from a photograph, a way of making the proportions more accurate is to use the grid method. The grid method is when you draw an image using a grid. Artists use this method to help improve their drawing and observational skills. In this video, I’m making a drawing using the grid method. Draw out a grid on a piece of paper and draw the same grid over the image you want to reproduce. On both the plain paper and the image I mark the left hand sides with letters and the tops with numbers. I do this so that I can identify the square I am drawing in. The task is to draw the image square by square onto the paper. It’s good to be methodical and start from the top left hand corner and work your way across and down so that your hand doesn’t smudge your drawing. I’m using the orange pieces of card to block out the other sections so that its cle