Art and Design

Introduction

Enlarging in proportion

Task

You will need pens or pencils and very large sheets of paper.

Work in pairs or small groups to draw a hand enlarged as much as The Guardian’s.

  • Put a hand flat on a piece of paper and draw a line tightly around it.
  • Carefully measure the width of the hand and the length to the tip of each finger.
  • Multiply all your measurements by 7.
  • Using your measurements to help you, draw the hand 7 times bigger.

You could try measuring and drawing other objects at 7:1, for example a book, a pencil or a mobile phone.