How to Draw Using Comparative Measurement

IS IT TALLER OR IS IT WIDER? Jesus, I've been drawing for years, watching lots of tutorials and this question rings a bell. How simple it is and I never thought about it! Thanks for sharing your experience! Hugs from Brazil!

I am an art instructor as well and agree 100% with your process and explanation of it. Great job.

I have been a drawing professor for adults during three years. Maybe you do not know, but you are a genius.

You said something that made a big difference for me. You shared you early work, and spoke about how long it took you to reach your current level of skill. You made the process enjoyable, exciting. It’s not about being a master now, but the joy is in becoming skilled through practice. Stick to it, you said, and that says a lot coming from someone with your skill. Thanks for remembering us, the beginners, those of us engaged - happily - in the process. Frustration with my lack of greatness is nothing next to the joy I feel in practicing and developing fundamental skills. Cheers.

Thank you for this beautiful demonstration, so helpful and inspiring.

hats off to the work you are doing and the wealth you are sharing ....!

This is a great explanation of the process! Thank you!!!

"Sight size” is GREAT, if you are charging students by the week or harnessing students to a production piece schedule, aka “you graduate when you have done these exercises & finally get approved to finish your Master Piece” (Toronto School of Realistic Art, for instance)

Yes! Live modeling ...I have been drawing this way for years. Excellent way to explain!

Learned to use comparative measurement using pencil in high school art class. Best thing ever. Thanks for posting this.

Thank you for this video, having had graduated from the art school, can't even recall the sight size drawing technique being ever mentioned. We were always taught to use comparative measurement with eventual standing a few meters back to check for the mistakes.

Great artist and teacher, thanks for your work....

When I was younger this was part of my art training. I started off with pencil with the picture I was doing taped next to my paper. Then I did 4 sight size, with charcoal. After that I moved onto oil paint. He definitely used sight size as a way to train my eyes.

Best mantra I have ever heard in my entire life of drawing! thank you!

Wonderful explanation! I like your approach.

That is what i call hard working.. Thank you Mr Alex

Very clearly put...many thanks ...great concepts - drawing and redrawing, and comparative measurements, and simplifying the large shapes, plus your approach or technique...thanks again...well done.

I am not good at painting, AT ALL...But, i swear my oil paintings have drastically improved from watching your videos. Thank you SO much. You're awesome

This is just what I needed. I am an instructor as well. I have learned in an atelier and prefer to work from sight size. I have been rather unpleasant to deal with because most schools don't have the equipment that an atelier has . I try to assimilate an atelier situation and get very frustrated. I could probably give much more of myself if I gave up the idea of having everything just wright and work by eye and proportions. I had taken many work shops myself before my academic training .

The academic process with week long bargue drawings, several week long cast drawings, etc, using sight size is great because you have a 1:1 comparison to see your mistakes and correct them. Doing this greatly improves the way you correct yourself and is massively helpful to do for a while before you start using comparative measuring. Standing back to compare and then walking to your paper also improves your visual memory. Also it's good to burn some calories.