Rousar's websiteВ orВ read this articleВ by the Swedish Academy of Realist Art, which contains many good pictures to better visualize the method. If you wish to know more about the Sight-Size Method, you can visit Darren R. As the easel is moved closer to the model, the size of the drawing would approach the actual size of the model.'* Plus, the distance between you and the easel can be varied to alter the size of the drawing corresponding to the model. To get the model to fit on your paper, as you moved away from the model, the model's visual size would become smaller. 'In a studio setting, if you were drawing a model, the position of the model would be fixed, but your drawing and your position would be movable.

If you are seeing something from a distance, as if you are painting a landscape, or wish to change the sizes of figures for a complex composition, it would mean that you would place yourself and the canvas far from the subjects to be painted, in order to change your perspective of the objects, and visually fit them on your canvas,В being able to compare the sizes and apply on your canvas. The process of engaging in this method, over time, trains the eye to perceive finer and finer deviations in form between the subject and drawing and increases the artist's ability to create realistic and accurate drawing.'*Дepending on the subject, for example, still-lifeВ or portraiture, it would mean that the objects on the canvas areВ basically the same size as the real objects. Once the subject and drawing are seen as being the same size, it becomes possible to mechanically measure and compare the proportions of the subject to the drawing and judge the drawing's accuracy. The relationship necessary for the method to work is where you are positioned so that you can easily view the subject and drawing so they appear to be the same visual size. 'The basic idea on which this method depends is setting up a specific relationship between you, the drawing, and the subject. And it trains the eye to see, measure and compare, with great accuracy, lines, abstract shapes and values. As the nameВ implies, it means to draw/paint/sculpt the same size as you see in real life. The name also evokes the feared warrior race of Classical Greece which perfectly embody the fighting spirit of all the women who live under the roof here in my humble Virginia home.If you wish to work from life, and maintain the correct sizes and proportions as seen in nature, the best method to use is the Sight-Size.

вЂњThe title, Spartan, is inspired by the brand of boxing equipment commonly used by the great classic fighters from Joe Louis to Ali.

This arrangement offers an alternate view of a modern young women upending traditional roles often imposed by social or cultural conventions. AvaвЂ™s fighting spirit was keenly awakened once the gloves were laced up and she naturally struck poses exhibiting an indomitable confidence and unwavering conviction. The gloves were immediately put to use in the studio as my daughter and young nephew posed with these enormous leather mittens. She thought they would make the perfect centerpiece for a portrait. вЂњMy wife found the heavily worn boxing gloves in a small-town antique store as we traveled home from a family trip, which happened to be near Mohamed AliвЂ™s home town.

The ambigu- ously spare background is intended to focus the attention on the boxer and create a monumental effect. вЂњThe painting depicts my daughter, Ava, dressed in an assortment of athletic gear and posing with vintage boxing gloves as she defiantly stares down the viewer with a challenging gaze.

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