Bargue plate sizes

>>2766388
A4 is fine.

The skill is pretty much the same and carries over, but larger sizes can be more difficult as you have to draw from a distance and step back to check. Good skill to have, but starting smaller leads to better practice initially.

>>2766390
Is it also best to do the plates completely vertical?

I'm guessing a flat surface parallel with the ground and the sitting position might lead to some skewing and distortion

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>>2766393
Vertical, or on an easel or drafting table if you value your wrists and can't into pic related.

>I cant either

>>2766396
for precision i can't into that grip, but for gesture drawing i can

thanks

>>2766388
Original is much, much better IMO. However, its damn near impossible to find them at a resolution that will print well that big.

>>2766393
Yeah vertical. Look up sight size by darren rousar. You do that for awhile to train your faculties for proportion/value measuring, then move on to comparative method.

>>2766642
I have ~2500x~3000 resolution files of the Bargue plates, and the plates are roughly A2

A2 @ 300 dpi - 7015x4960 pix
A2 @ 200dpi - 4677 x 3307 pix
A2 @ 150 dpi - 3507x2480 pix
A2 @ 72 dpi - 1683x1190 pix

I don't think mine are high enough resolution to print off

A3 maybe

>>2766388
most academic schools print them to a4 pieces of paper. I guess it also depends on whether you're doing sight size or comparative measurement