The three year old and the five year old have different artistic styles, as you can see.
I am also working on the train planter and I have to design it from scratch. For that project I did sketches in 1/2 scale and then made full sized plans so I could see the spacing of the wheels particularly. Doubling the size of a plan requires simple arithmetic. Taking a design from a photograph and making it 20% larger involves more number crunching, or having the correct special tool.
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| Proportional Dividers |
This video shows how to use Proportional Dividers beginning at ten minutes in. If you have to scale drawings and don't have ready access to a photocopier there are other methods explained in the rest of the video.
When I watched this and a couple of other related videos I went on line to see what it cost to acquire my own Dividers. Everything from a little to a whole bunch. Since I am thrifty, resourceful and have a basement full of tools, I made my own. I also plan to make a larger set for bigger projects.
Making the dividers was a hand tool job. I used my low cost jack plane and planing jig to shape the project, then my finish plane to add the final touch. I cut the angles with a fine tooth saw and drilled the holes using the drill press. Before I drilled the holes I taped the two pieces together to insure the alignment was exact. My D.I.Y. dividers are not a precision instrument but will provide consistent enough information for my uses.
As well as wood working things for Tova and Rowan to paint I drew a couple of things for them to colour.
Dividers make it easier to move drawings like these from a book to an art paper suitable for colouring.
cheers ianw
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