Techniques

The Lethbridge 10000 exhibition opening night was held last night and the winner announced. Congratulations to Claire Toms for her artwork “Two Hearts”.

While my wife and I were browsing all the spectacular pieces I ran into Marcel Desbiens. Earlier this the year I attended classes and a workshop conducted by Master artist Marcel Desbiens at his Albion studio. I took the opportunity to have this photo taken of the two of us with my painting “A Night Time Story”. If it was’t for the fantastic tuition of Marcel I doubt I would have made it to the finalist exhibition at all.

During a trip to France in 2011 we stayed at a delightful little hotel in Dijon, Hotel du Nord (a great restaurant by the way, but that’s another story). Our room had a wonderful view overlooking the Info about Porte Guillaume. It was at night that the beauty of the monument was revealed.

So you have a great photo you took and you need to scale it up to a reasonable size for a drawing before you start  to paint. Free-hand sketching on the canvas doesn’t cut the mustard as there is too much detail or you need to be more accurate to get the results you are after. Using the grid method works but can be time-consuming jumping backwards and forwards measuring up and down the grid lines. That’s where the Accurasee Proportional Divider comes in as a great time-saving tool but more importantly an essential piece of equipment to make sure the proportions are spot on making your sketch an exact reproduction of your photo.