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Hand-compass method of free-hand sketching

Pre-Technical Studies · Grade 7 · about 40 minutes

Using a still pivot and a swinging pencil to sketch circles and arcs without a metal compass.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Meaning of free-hand sketching
  2. Why free-hand sketching is important
  3. Principles of free-hand sketching
  4. Proportion in free-hand sketches
  5. Sketching lines free-hand
  6. Box method of free-hand sketching
  7. Centre-line method of free-hand sketching
  8. Hand-compass method of free-hand sketching
  9. Sketching 2D shapes and simple objects
  10. Hatching, stippling, blending and why sketches matter