Watercolor Web » Drawing http://watercolorweb.org Tips and Techniques for Painting in Watercolor Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:41:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Page Proportion Calculator http://watercolorweb.org/2008/01/14/page-proportion-calculator/ http://watercolorweb.org/2008/01/14/page-proportion-calculator/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:11:53 +0000 Marie Matthews http://localhost/wweb/?p=61 Sometimes I want to create sketches at a small scale before do start a watercolor on a large sheet of paper, and I want the proportion of the sketch to match the proportion for the large sheet. Here’s a simple calculator that will figure out the dimensions you should use in your sketchbook.

For example, suppose you are planning to do a 22″ x 30″ painting, and your sketchbook is 8.5×11. Enter the numbers in the form, click the “Calculate!” button, and you will see that you will need to crop your sketchbook page to 8.07 x 11 to keep the proportion the same as your full sheet.

I’m having trouble getting this to work inside the blog. If you’re interested, take a look at it on my other website.

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