GRID STEP. You can print out the base construction lines and start drawing on tracing paper or you can draw the grid layout yourself using the following steps.
• Draw the upper border of your drawing. • From the upper border of the drawing, moving downward, tentatively determine the location of the head and draw its approximate size using an oval. • Draw a vertical line through the middle of the head. This will be the central vertical line of the figure. • From the upper border of the drawing, draw downward 6 identical segments equal to the height of the head, plus one segment equal to 3/4 of the height of the head. The last segment will act as the lower boundary of the future drawing. Draw horizontal lines through the boundaries of the segments. • From the central vertical line of the figure, measure and draw: - to the left of the line, 4 segments equal to the width of the head, plus one segment equal to 1/2 of the width of the head; - to the right of the line, one segment equal to the width of the head, plus one segment equal to 2/3 of the width of the head. • Draw vertical lines through the boundaries of the segments. The extreme left and right segments are the vertical boundaries of your drawing.