#Gridded drawing how to

These lines will be your guides when it comes to shading. For that reason, you should draw the shadows in while the grid is still there. Because there are no features to judge by, it can be difficult to know where exactly the shadows should go once the grid is erased. The area around the eye is important to shade correctly if the eye is to appear natural. Here we have the shape and placement of the eye and brow, but let’s get everything we can from the reference. Make sure you study the position of the line inside each square as you go or you might be tempted to draw more from your mind than what you see.Ĭontinue drawing in the rest of the features, using the grid to measure where they go. Instead of drawing everything inside one square, you would draw the outline of the entire eye in one go. Remember to look for the shapes created by negative space.Īnother way to draw from a grid is to look at the large basic shapes and draw them as they intersect through your grid lines. Draw the shapes made by the shadows and highlights, using the edges of the square and the lines you’ve already drawn as reference. The more you draw now, the more accurrate your finished drawing will be. Now you’ve drawn the basic features of the eye, but there is way more information that you can get from your reference image. Draw the triangle it creates, instead of drawing the line.Ĭontinue drawing the shapes inside each square and you will see the eye start to develop. To draw the eyelid, don’t just look at the line of the lid, look at the negative shape created by the edge of the square and the line of the lid. It starts at the bottom, not quite in the middle of the square, and ends at the eyelid about one third from the edge of the square. I can see that it starts in the bottom left corner of my square, and ends about one third of the way down the right hand side of the square. Sorry for the pixellation, it can’t be helped when the image is made this large… So first I’ll start with the inner edge of the eyelid.

Famous artists using grid system to transfer scale drawings will help to produce. I will start with the square three in and three down. Why It is a proven technique since the Renaissance period. Use the edges of the square to judge the placement of the shapes. This means isolating each square and drawing the shapes within it. One way to draw from a gridded reference is to draw one square at a time. I am using a B pencil to make it easier to see, but you shoud use an F or H pencil for gridding so that you can erase your lines later. In your mind, split the squares in half, or in thirds, to help you judge where lines intersect.įor this I will be using the same reference image I used for my eye tutorial. When using a grid to draw, I try to image the squares being divided up even further. I’ve included pictures to help show what I am talking about.

#Gridded drawing how to

As an extention of my post about tips on gridding, I have decided to write a more in depth tutorial on how to draw from a gridded reference image.