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 drawing.
• From the upper border of the drawing, draw 8 identical segments equal to the height
of the head, plus one segment equal to 1/3 of the height of the head. The last segment will
act as the lower boundary of the 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, 5 segments equal to the width of the head;
- to the right of the line, 3 segments equal to the width of the head, plus one segment equal to 1/4 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.
