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Setting up a Sight-Size Portrait

In this photo, an unidentified artist has set up a life-size portrait.

The canvas is approximately on the same plane as the model, so that when the artist backs up from both, he can compare the painting and the subject side by side in the same light. Note the planks of wood to protect the lawn from wear when the artist backs up from the painting or steps over to his taboret. Sight-size is good exercise.

The sight-size method, which is in common practice in many ateliers, is one practical way to achieve accuracy, and it makes sense when you want your painting to be the same size as the subject. That works for portraits and still life studies.



Sometimes people apply the term "sight-size" to landscape in the sense of matching the apparent visual size of the scene to the image on the canvas (link to video by Marc Dalessio).

It's worth pointing out that the method isn't strictly an "observational" method. When done with figure painting, it requires a good deal of short-term memory practice, and some of the leaders of the sight-size movement have written books about drawing from memory.

I'm not going to get into all the pros and cons of the sight-size method, because I don't practice the exact same method that's taught in the ateliers, but I should point out that various art teachers have criticized the way the sight-size method is held up as the only method that was taught in the 19th-century academies. Here's one free online pamphlet by Semyon Bilmes that addresses the issue.

And not all ateliers use the sight-size method in its absolute form. The Swedish Academy promote a comparative method, which they explain on their website.

What's your experience with sight-size method? Has anyone attempted a life-size outdoor portrait? If you use sight size, how has it helped you—or limited you—as an artist? Is the method oversold in modern ateliers, or is it presented as just one tool among many?
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More info at Sight-size.com
Books: Cast Drawing Using the Sight-Size Approach
Memory Drawing: Perceptual Training and Recall
The Sight-Size Method, a Critical Overview By Semyon Bilmes

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