The Grid (narrated tutorial and art history of the artist's grid)
Video Overview & Insights
In this video, we take a look at the artist's grid. This simple tool has been used for thousands of years to help the artist maintain proportion and perspective. We will look into its use in art history by viewing the work of Leon Battista Alberti, Albrecht Dürer, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Jacques-Louis David, Edgar Degas, and Vincent Van Gogh.
Very good demonstration for certain with excellent commentary! I was taught that when scaling up a photo that the length to width ratios of the photo and the cavas had to be the same. Or you may wind up with some image distortion. Hard to understand??? Have you ever noticed issues with your method?
Thanks to the excellent content.
Robt
In the second part of this video, I'll show you how to set up a simple grid and build a Dürer frame (or Alberti's vail) to use in your own work. Thanks so much for watching!
Timestamps:
Would you believe that Van Gogh used grids outside when painting and drawing landscapes? It's in his letters to Theo.
00:00 Intro
00:23 Art History of The Grid
Nicely made video and very helpful. Thank you!
05:17 Creating a 1" Grid
07:45 Contour Drawing
Your video is so valuable! Thanks for sharing!
10:41 Upscaling a Grid
12:41 Building a Durer Frame (traditional drawing machine)
Love these videos also, not just the airbrushing. Maybe cover all the ways people use, like projector, and the one where you cut out parts of the picture to airbrush the lines. I don't know what it's called but I saw a video of it and was curious about it.
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yet those free hand lovers says grids doesnt really teach you how to draw
@demon6937Very informative and interesting vedeo thankyou ❤
@vaishnavisoni4106Very informative video.As in end you make wooden frame to use as grid,kindly show some portrait or any thing how to use it.Thanks
@farrukhmirza8390Great video! Thank you!!!
@gioargentati7802Impressed you went to the length at the end of the video making the Grid. I learned a lot on this video. History wasnt my thing in school but found this very interesting. Thank you so much for your content..
@webdronezzFlyByWireThere is a app called Grid# that has been very helpful for me when I use I grid for a piece I’m making
@DustyBWhoah..... Art Workshop.... A dream come true my friend. I spent about 6 hours in a row looking for a solution, and watched alot of useless videos before this one. It has totally satisfied me, because of your suggestion about apps that will make grids on photos..... Wow....
It's really something to be happy about. I learned to make grids in my very first art class in high school long years back which was my ultimate ecstatic class. But I was trained in music actually and never took up any professional art .... Never liked that idea anyway, so I've done pastel drawing for the simple joy of it. When internet came along, I started copying from online photos, but didn't have any printer to print out, just relegated myself to eyeballing. If course over time it became weird as far as proportions..... Exasperated I thought a little deeper and wanted a solution, and lo & behold, this gem. It's shifted my enthusiasm into high gear. Thank you. Bless you. Peace & love.
Excellent video on he drawing grid! I'm teaching this topic to my students presently; this video is great reinforcement information!
@natasharampersad910I spent the last 10 years practicing portraits without grids... I coulda saved soooo much time n had a life. Gosh darn. I shoulda researched this so long ago xD
Thanx for the nice history lesson!