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Sight-Size
Drawing
by M . Stephe n Doherty
November 2005
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Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 55
Steop
With
n front
With aa plumb
plumb line
line dropped
dropped iin
front of
McGuire's
McGuires view
view ofof the
the plaster
plaster cast
cast he
he is
is
shape" of the
able
able to
to draw
draw the
the "potato
potato shape
cast's
u t ilne.
casts ooutline.
Step 6
Step 7
Continuing
Continuing to
to make
make all
all measurements
from
from aa distance,
distance, the
the artist uses a line
held
held horizontally
horizontally ttoo check the alignment
of
l a s t e rcast.
of the
the drawing and
and the
the pplaster
cast.
Step 8
This
This photograph shows the artists view
or
of his drawing and the plaster cast from
the
the measured distance away from the
easel.
eael.
Noteasthow
McGuire
has indicated
the
dark
shadow
first.
the dark cast shadows first.
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SIGHT-SIZE DEMONSTRATION:
Step 9
Because objects need to be
drawn and painted within an
environment, McGuire used
charcoal to tone the areas of
the paper surrounding his
rendering of the plaster cast.
Step 10
McGuire begins to indicate the
highlights on the plaster cast
using white charcoal.
Step 11
American Artist