Growth
Check an object’s proportions
Whenone object looks too tall or wide
In your still life, compare an object’s height with its width from the same seat. Hold a pencil flat to your view at a fixed arm length; use your thumb to mark one span, then turn it to compare the other. Adjust one drawn edge. Compare by eye if raising your arm is uncomfortable.
Start tiny
Mark whether the object is taller or wider.
Evidence grade CPractitioner method or editorial idea
Open Oregon, Drawing is Seeing, Chapter 4: Training Your Eye. Read the source ↗ — documents comparing a subject and drawing with pencil measurement of distances and angles. This card adapts the classroom instruction; no effect is claimed for this dose.
Growth: Supporting habits that improve the conditions for useful repetitions: preparation, consistency or necessary recovery.
