Gridded art download#

Gridded art download#

Download this Podcast Listen on iTunes Transcription We've recorded a mini-podcast which we'll include below and if you'd prefer to read the transcription then we'll pop that below the episode too. The last thing I want to do is cheat anyone but it saves so much time and moreover I can relax knowing the proportions are right.What do you think about this? I’d massively appreciate your opinion.Many thanks,Sue

Then, I came across your tutorial on using tracedown and now instead of taking hours I can get the initial outline done in minutes which is brilliant.So what’s the problem, I hear you ask? Well, I was talking to a good friend about it the other day and she said ‘oh well that’s cheating’ and since then I’ve been feeling really guilty about it. Consequently it seems to take me so much longer to get the initial sketch right because I worry and faff all the way through. So here goes.! Thanks to finding Colin’s tutorials online and becoming a member, my animal portraits have improved so much that I have now got my own website and sell portraits to the public (I’m repeating myself here because I have emailed to you before about that and I can’t tell you how grateful I am!).But my problem is that before I was selling them, and whenever I’m practising (usually copying off your website), I draw freehand and this is always something I’ve been quite good at (well copying basically!) but when it came to drawing for someone in particular, I panic a bit because I’m so desperate to get it exactly right for them. Hi Colin and Steve,I’ve got a question which has been bothering me a bit and I’d really love to know what Colin thinks about it.

Sue is one of our members and has done fantastically well working through our projects to the point where she now does pictures for people. But in this post we wanted to talk a little in detail about whether using a grid system or tracing to produce your outline drawing is 'cheating'.Sue sent us an email regarding a friend of hers that made this remark. It's a question that we've had a fair bit over the years that we've covered a little in blogs and podcasts.