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By Helen South, About.com Guide to Drawing / Sketching since 2002

Measuring Up

Sunday December 7, 2008
Ever wondered what that peering-at-a-pencil thing is about? While it might look like an arcane ritual or secret hand signal, in fact it is a simple and effective method of measuring your model. To use the technique for other subjects just choose a suitable object as your 'baseline' measurement (in life drawing, you use the figure's head.)
Find out how to: Measure up the model, Judge Angles in a pose, and draw the structure of objects.

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July 2, 2006 at 7:37 am
(1) weise says:

this is nice. http://www.burns.boregon.com

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