How to Draw Accurate Proportions

Join the premium course to unlock more lessons, assignments, and longer critiques - Establishing proportions is a common mind numbing challenge artists struggle with when drawing from reference. When we draw we’re usually using a combination of eyeballing and measuring, but if you don’t know how to train in these two areas, you’ll continue to get whacky proportions. This lesson will help train your mind to improve your accuracy, show you tools you can use to help you judge proportions and the skill set to give yourself quick feedback so you can improve faster. 00:00 - Intro 01:34 - Measuring 02:26 - Sighting 03:31 - Plumb Lines 04:12 - Angles 04:45 - Units 05:31 - Straights 05:58 - Negative Shapes 07:00 - Big to Small 08:30 - The Small Stuff 09:53 - Self Critique 11:28 - Outro Related Lessons Drawing Measuring Techniques - #drawingbasics #drawingprocess #measuringadrawing Subscribe to Proko: Don’t miss new tutorials - Hit the BELL! Premium Videos - Pose photo sets - FOLLOW PROKO: Email Newsletter- Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - Tumblr - Pinterest - WATCH MORE PROKO: Latest Uploads: Figure Drawing: Art of Caricature: Popular Videos: ABOUT PROKO: Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high-quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching. CREDITS: Artist | Instructor - Stan Prokopenko () Producer - Stan Prokopenko, Sean Ramsey (), Script - Stan Prokopenko, Tiffanie Mang () Production Assistance - Stephen Clark ( , Sean Ramsey, Charlie Nicholson Editing - Hongju Lim (, Sean Ramsey, Stan Prokopenko Publishing - Alex Otis, John Birchall Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra Additional music by Epidemic Sound