Drawing Proportions

In this course you'll learn to nail proportions from reference, using both measuring and your own trained eye. You'll learn comparative measuring with nothing but a pencil, so sighting, plumb lines, angles, units and negative shapes, which means you can draw accurately anywhere without hauling around a bag of gadgets. You'll learn to work big to small, starting with the shapes that decide your whole composition before you touch a single detail, and to see what's actually in front of you instead of the idea of an eye or a nose that's already sitting in your head. The part that matters most is the feedback loop. You'll see how to overlay your drawing on the reference in Photoshop and check your own accuracy in about a minute. You stop waiting around for an instructor to tell you what's off. You just see it. Students get reference photos, a full portrait demo from first mark to finish, a second demo where I trust my eyeballs and only measure to double check, and critiques of real student work.