Katherine (grade 9) "Drawing and Quartering"

Here we see Katherine using a photo from a wildlife magazine as she sketches a squirrel.  To aid the process, she has placed a transparent sheet of  plastic over her image and drawn horizontal and vertical lines on it, dividing the image into quarters.   She has likewise divided her drawing paper with light pencil lines.   Quartering an image this way can make it easier to determine the position, size and relationships between various elements in the picture.  As Katherine is already proficient at drawing, I am certain she would have produced a very good rendition of a squirrel with or without this exercise.  However, she  claims it made the process easier and faster, and within a short time she had a remarkably accurate sketch, ready to paint!