The grid divides the original image into smaller, manageable pieces so that you can more easily see where to place the main lines. Many other Renaissance artists, even the great Leonardo da Vinci, used the Grid Method. In the next drawing, you can see Albrecht Dürer working this way. Of course, they didn't have reference photos, but they used physical grids through which they looked at their models while drawing on their gridded paper.

So, our sketch must be proportional and accurate, and our paper or canvas unharmed before we start to add the colors.įor this purpose, the famous artists from the Middle Ages have found the Grid Method, and they used it to create their proportional paintings and drawings.

Even graphite, particularly HB and darker, cannot be erased completely. It is important to have a good sketch before we start to color because color erasure always results in paper damage. The Grid Method is an easy way to transfer the outlines of the reference photo to your drawing paper or canvas.

Get GriDraw on Mac appstore The Grid Method The color, thickness, and opacity of the grid lines can be set as the artists need and desire.ĭownload and install this software and prepare your reference photos for drawing or painting within a couple of seconds. The created grid is movable so that it can be placed in the desired position over the reference photo. The features of the grid-drawing tool on the right side meet all the requirements of the artists when it comes to placing the grid over the reference photos even the labeling and diagonal lines. It also has Save and Print features even without the placed grid therefore, GriDraw can be used solely as an image editor. GriDraw was originally created as a mobile phone app and has evolved from a simple grid-drawing tool for Android and iOS apps into an image editor with support for cropping, resizing, transparency, saturation, brightness, contrast, hue, color temperature, flipping, rotating. GriDraw has two workable panels: the Image Editor on the left side and the Grid Drawing Tool on the right side. It features a simple and practical user interface with support for creating the grid over the reference photos for the Grid Method that many artists use. GriDraw is an Image Editor for Artists, desktop software for Windows, macOS, and Linux. PLACE A PERFECT GRID ON YOUR REFERENCE PHOTOS!

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