“Blocking in” focus; I think the biggest thing I can practice is still measurement and refinement. The first line does not have to be the “right” one. That is the point. I wind up committing too early to the shape that I start putting down. The thing I get out is usually roughly there, but has inaccuracies. Need to keep measuring, refining. This is what it means to go slow; I’m thinking about the energy of sewing very slowly. Drawing lighter could help.

There’s also balancing the formal “measurement” tools, with just using my eyes carefully as I’m used to. It’s also possible to over-trust the measurmeent devices and wind up with something that is “off” for me. Some thoughts on how to fix this issue:

  • Hierarchy of measurment: measure the big landmarks/shapes first, rather than building up from small measurements. E.g. get the overall height / width ratio first. Ensures that the overall is correct, then subdivided.
  • Triangulate/validate measurements from multiple angles.
  • Don’t treat rough measurements as precise – instead use them to validate, get things roughly correct.

Could try practicing measurement things using drawing from photographs, where there is ground truth measurements. Also maybe trying to take measurements directly on photos could be a good exercise to separate the accuracy of measurments taken from the process of using measurements when drawing.