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Watercolor Painting, My Way!: Getting the Angles

Author: Rod Webb, Associate Editor

An Angle Transfer Tool

Two pieces of aluminium riveted together. Hold at arms length and adjust for angle of object you are observing. Lay on you sketch paper and transfer the angle.

Simple Perspective tool.  Length of rubber elastic and drawing pins.

Rubber band is positioned along eye level line and pinned at vanishing points.

Band stretched along eye level line can be raised or lowered anywhere along it's length to give you the correct angle to your vanishing points.