Drawing like a pro - 14, make your own "super ruler" (Power up 100%)
Hi friends!
I like it because is made by myself, it's very cheap and absolutely useful.
I'm talking about my very special rule. I use it to draw straight lines and also to take measurements.
How to make it?
Take a sheet of A4 office paper or a drawing sheet and fold it twice as shown in the images.
When you make your own tools and they are useful, you take a special affection for them. I think this could be the case. You will see how useful this ruler can be.
How to use it?
We assume that we are doing a sketch or an artistic drawing (not technical).
The advantage of using this ruler is that the lines you will draw will be smooth, like a freehand-drawn line, not hard like those we draw using a plastic ruler or a metal ruler.
Don't forget how to hold the pencil when you make the strokes; do it as I have explained in Drawing like a pro - 5, it's very important for making beautiful strokes.
All the lines drawn here, in this sketch, were drawn freehand first and then redrawn using the paper ruler.
In drawing or artistic sketching, you will always need to take measurements, but you will not measure in cm, inches or anything like that (except in technical drawing).
Measurements will be related to your own drawing.
For example, one side of your drawing is twice, triple, or half the size of the other side; or the height is five times its base in a certain object you drew.
Or at some point, you will need to split a line into multiple equal parts...etc.
So in many situations like these, the paper ruler will come in very handy because it is as simple as making marks on it.
I wish you a very nice day and good exercise!
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Introduction 1 - Introduction 2 - Introduction 3 - Introduction 4 - Introduction 5 - Lesson 6 - Lesson 7 - Lesson 8 - Lesson 9 - Lesson 10 - Lesson 11 - Lesson 12 - Lesson 13
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There are no excuses for not working without a ruler, thank you for your knowledge and expressing it, very useful when you don't have a ruler at hand and you can transform a sheet into it
Greetings and success!
Thank you for your kind comment. I appreciate it.
Often when I need to do a ship then of course it is important to make sure that the masts are drawn straight and also sometimes need to measure the length of ships, their sides or to make sure that the reflection if not too long or short. I use normal ruler but seeing that it is possible to do such simple ruler and also to make markings there it is very good. I will try to do such ruler instead :)
I'm glad this tip can be helpful, thank you Stef!
You are right, Jorge, what is made by one's own hands is of great value. In addition, the softness of the line ... you opened a secret for me, thank you :)
It's my pleasure! I'm very glad you liked it.
Excellent idea that will serve many on the platform. What we make with our hands is really appreciated. Very useful to use this type of rules to make smooth strokes. Thank you very much for sharing. Happy and blessed night to you.🙏🌻
Hi Gaby! Glad to see you. I'm happy you liked it.
Thanks to you for your kind comment.