Drawing Pencils

Drawing Grids – An Aid To Drawing Pencils

With the increasing user of drawing pencils the beginner artist usually finds himself using the erases more often as the shapes go out of proportion while sketching or drawing. Usually most budding artist want perfection at the first go but that is not exactly the case. It is the case of practice making an artist perfect.

Beginners can start the use of Drawing Grids which allow them to mimic the outline of their subject in a much more objective way so that the sketch does not go out of proportion. The drawing grid allows you to more the drawing pencil in such a manner that allows the artist to reproduce the shape in an objective way. Over the period of time the artist develops a steady hand and can discard the use of the drawing grid.

The process of using a drawing grit is quite simple. A photocopy or a printout of the original image used for learning purpose is superimposed either manually or using a computer with a grid which divides the whole picture into many smaller parts of equal sizes. The number of squares on this image should be replicated on the drawing paper using very light drawing pencil and a ruler. Once the grid has been drawn on the paper, it is very easy to replicate the outline of the original using a good drawing pencil.
The artist can take on a single square at a time and copy the outline as provided in the original grid.

Attacking one square at a time is much easier and the final outline does not go out of proportion and is quite an exact replica of the original. Replication of one square at a time allows the artist to concentrate and learn. Over the period of time, the artist can slowly increase the size of the squares in the grid. Drawing pencils make the use of a grid a breeze as any mistakes can be instantly erased and redone. The process of increasing the grid size must continue till the artist has completely eliminated the use of the grid.