Hello hope everyone is staying safe. I have a question i just found out that people used projectors to get their proportions correct , i been using a grid which takes forever and using the proportion devider that i bought from the website... Who has used a projector before and which one would you reccomend buying the company artograph seem to have gone out of bussiness i cannot get any of their digital projectors..Any advice would help and do you guys think its cheating , and if you think its cheating im about to start cheating lol....THANKS
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I think I'd find a grid easier. I use a grid in really detailed areas where I need to get the placement just right. I don't think using a projector is cheating any more than it's cheating to use a straight edge to get a straight line.:)
The cheating aspect of all drawing aids is that they cheat you out of improving the eye-brain-hand skill that is the most precious skill an artist can possess.
I would recommend gradually reducing the number of squares in your grid until you're down to just 4 quarters, the goal being to remove them all together. I recommend using your pencil / brush as a comparison device. Find something on the source that represents one "unit" (eg the height of some building) and use that to compare every other measurement to. When you get good enough at this, you won't need a grid. The only time I tend to use grids now is if I've already drawn it out at some other size (initial study) and don't want to go through that process again.
I need to say that drawing skills are essentials in figurative paintings..even if you trace the outline, if you want bold brushestrokes or unified shadows for example you need to have in mind how the body is made and how to abstract those forms..
For landscape or still life I don't think there is a difference.