How to Draw a Perfect Ellipse

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5 жыл бұрын

The video shows a great way to draft an ellipse. Using the major and minor axis you can easily plot an ellipse. Make your drawing better by knowing how to draw ellipses.
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Kevin McCain is an artist working in both fine art and illustration for over 20 years. Working in drawing and painting Kevin works in an impressionist manner. He has been sharing insights into drawing and painting with students to give them the tools to be successful with their exploration of art.
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@c.caub5315 Жыл бұрын

Finally something I can actually do and understand to paint better still life…I’m celebrating, thanks so much

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for your comment.

@rexnemo 3 ай бұрын

I think that some of these older methods of drawing plane figures are just so clever and it is a shame that as computer spreadsheets and CAD models become more sophisticated that these methods are in danger of being lost . There is something so satisfying about being able to do something without having to resort to complex computing . Bravo ! As a point of information the edge of the paper which is being used to generate the points is at right angles to the tangential line on the perimeter of the ellipse ( I only just realised that so I'm learning more about the subject ).

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. I am glad you enjoyed the video. Computer programs employ these and other plotting techniques for shapes and solids that are techniques that have been used for half a millennium and even longer in some cases. The computer just does it faster. These techniques help when drawing something by hand and not on the computer. It's fun to share a little bit of history.

@leakyshart9943 4 ай бұрын

This helped me out in trade school. We are framing some crazy radius walls and barrel ceilings. This helped immensely

@KevinMcCainStudios 4 ай бұрын

I am glad this helped.

@MissTeabot 5 ай бұрын

This will change my life - thank you!

@KevinMcCainStudios 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

@woodfamily5955 19 күн бұрын

THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I am building a large 20-ft long elliptical table and wasn't sure how I was going to get that shape right. This little trick really saved the day!

@KevinMcCainStudios 19 күн бұрын

Glad I could help!

@DavidSmith-cb9yo 2 жыл бұрын

I love learning these little tricks of the trade. You may not have came up with it Kevin but you are willing to share your knowledge with the rest of us and for that sir hats off to you. Thank you so much!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome I am glad you enjoy it.

@TheChillennial 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Been looking everywhere for a good way to get ellipses perfect, and this is like right up my alley. 👏👏👏

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching.

@nordlandika7337 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Worked a treat 😊

@KevinMcCainStudios 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@jacquesmains7453 3 жыл бұрын

Ah man, I really love tricks and "rules" like these. Thanks alot!

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed it!

@detroitjack0325 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great way to draw an ellipse, Kevin! An easy method that really worked for me! With just a little practice, I will be able to draw a perfect ellipse!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad it helped! Thank you again for watching.

@julianaplaxico2039 Жыл бұрын

This is now my go-to when drawing in graphite. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. I am glad it helped.

@rockdog2584 3 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant! I just happened to be in need of a means of drawing something that had two different minor axis (top more prominently arched than the bottom). This worked PERFECTLY!. THANK YOU!!!

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video! I was so glad when I learned this approach for creating ellipses. It saved me quite a few times with mechanical illustration assignments.

@jojojo8835 3 жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios I’ve just watched 5 other elipse drawing tutorials, and yours is the only one which nailed it- kudos!

@saidurmursalinrafter9673 2 жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios Thank you sir.

@rexnemo 3 ай бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios I bet it was an old boy that taught you this method .

@jj_m 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome!!!

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I sm so glad you enjoyed the video!

@attilathehamster6774 Жыл бұрын

Simple and incredibly genius. Thank you so much. I was toying with buying eclipse templates, but struggled with how those would work when I drew 3 point perspective. This is about to become my next drawing warm up exercise for a while.

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. I appreciate it!

@nuretahsinullah1658 Жыл бұрын

This video should get more likes. I'm currently doing the maths of ellipse, so it helps me a lot.

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed it.

@RudyLouie 2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much, this is better short cut than what i do, u saved me 2 min per eclipse , compounded for my lifetime of drawing, KevinMcCain i cant thank you enough, thanks so much

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you watching the video! I am glad you enjoyed it!!

@thomasjoseph4718 Жыл бұрын

This is absolutely brilliant - it has immediately solved a drawing problem for me - thanks. Have subscribed and will look at your other videos.

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching I am glad it helped

@cherylannebarillartist7453 2 жыл бұрын

You just made my day a whole lot better, thank you!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Iam glad you enjoyed the video.

@LoganSZN 3 жыл бұрын

This video really helped, thanks so much for uploading this

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed it!

@AtomicRakshasi Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your question. You first measure from the center point to the end of the major axis and then from the enf to the central point on the minor axis.

@bsothefirst Жыл бұрын

Best video on this topic! Thanks!!

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed it.

@VAPIDISM 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for this great video. Ive always struggled with eclipses and this is such a simple method that my brain can cope with :-)

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting. I am glad it helped.

@jk8449 3 жыл бұрын

So helpful! Best method by far for me!

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed it!

@lynncohen633 2 жыл бұрын

Great tool ... thank you sooo much ... love the strategy!!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed the video.

@ncford1 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Very clear and easy to follow instructions. Thanks so much for posting this. Sincerely, a most appreciative beginner. P.S. Of course when I showed my husband the engineer what I learned, he sucked the joy out of it by rambling on about a bunch of mathematical equations. 😅

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video and you found it clear and easy. It is an effective method. Stay creative and keep on drawing.

@user-mc6ti5hk1k 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the technique it waa amazing

@KevinMcCainStudios 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I hope it helps.

@texaspatriots6035 2 жыл бұрын

Huge help..thanks for sharing 👍

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching.

@455abdul455 Жыл бұрын

Super simple and super useful!!

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I glad you enjoyed the video!

@annedromeda9857 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I was driving myself nuts trying to draw an ellipse, calmer now.

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. Iam glad you enjoyed the the video.

@astanopasta 3 жыл бұрын

That's coool Thanks to upload this and help out :)

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

@gabriellebakker6489 3 жыл бұрын

Very well illustrated and explained

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video!

@kelvinnueveanimeguitar1983 2 жыл бұрын

So simple yet so genius at the same time Incredible

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video!

@kelvinnueveanimeguitar1983 2 жыл бұрын

Do you perhaps know the name of that machine that has parts that go up and down and the other part goes left and right. Kinda like what B and C are doing?

@shawng7902 2 жыл бұрын

I missed this day in geaphic arts class. In 1993. For some reason I see a template on tv at 130am today and I just had to know. Short of the using a string method. Thanks for teaching something that bothered me that long lol.

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video.

@folk_the_animator 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@KevinMcCainStudios 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@abhijeetacharya9163 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!! you are awesome.😍😍

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed it!

@ronitborra6238 Жыл бұрын

YESSSSSS - YOU HELPED ME WITH MY TECH PROJECT

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad the video helped. Thank you for watching.

@shreyadas1837 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you soo much! It helped me a lot!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video and that it helped.

@lostboy6268 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect. Easy to understand and just the thing I needed right now. Thank you very much :)

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment! I am glad you enjoyed the video.

@briankorth6763 3 жыл бұрын

Fabulous! At work today making some arches but I came across one opening that was 42” wide and 24” tall. All the other ones were 48” or greater wide so I used a string and drew with focal points but it wouldn’t work with this opening . This is the solution!!Thanks for the video!!

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

This works well with drawing. I was raised in a cabinet shop where this method certainly wouldn't work well at all. There are certainly better methods for construction for sure.

@briankorth6763 3 жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios I tested it immediately on graph paper with rule and paper template. Worked like a charm

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Oh I read the email wrong. I am am glad it worked take care!

@victorcamara2155 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I'm doing some engineering stuff and my co-interns told me my drawings are terrible so this video helped me out a bunch xD

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad it helped! Thank you for watching.

@hardikgoel989 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome.... Amazing trick....

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video!

@amjadalisoomro1759 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for help..

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video!

@armanazmiibnamin1108 2 жыл бұрын

Good Job, Kepler would be proud of you.

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Had to Google him. Fun to read about him.

@saidurmursalinrafter9673 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this sir.

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video

@saidurmursalinrafter9673 2 жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios Thanks for replying sir.

@MultiTomatosauce Жыл бұрын

we used to do it with a square and a wooden straight edge "stick' with finish nails in the 'stick'

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

We made some oval tables that way once.

@jamesnurgle6368 Жыл бұрын

you just blew my tiny mind XD trying to make a leather bag pattern, now I just need a formula to make sure the outside line of the eclipse is the same as the diameter of my circle. (and they told me I'd never need maths, wish I'd paid attention)

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video. The major axis is the diameter of your circle. Use a compassion to measure half the length of the major axis and you will have a circle as wide ad your ellipse.

@minimillennium3397 3 жыл бұрын

omg thank you. it really helped with my homework

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video!

@radosvetazhelyazkovafinear9905 3 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful, thank you so much!!!!!!

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad to know the video helped!

@radosvetazhelyazkovafinear9905 3 жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios not just that video - all the "Loomis and Reilly " videos opened my eyes, thank you

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you are finding the videos helpful!

@snclassical8263 2 жыл бұрын

Yo didn't know that!! Thanks man!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video!

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

The method does work for an ellipse of any size. You just have to make sure you don't reverse the order of "A","B", and "C" in terms of the measurements.

@rockdog2584 3 жыл бұрын

I labelled my points as 'Major Axis', 'minor Axis', and 'Center Point' (MA, mA, and CP, respectively). That kept me from goofing up. I just flipped the strip of paper over and made a 'mirror image' on the other side (for the left and right sides of each ellipse). I gotta tuck this thought into my woodworking/metalworking 'reference' notebook!

@jonhenrypennington6801 7 күн бұрын

Helped me build support rings for work. Now i don't have to wait on a engineer to print out flimsy paper patterns.

@KevinMcCainStudios 7 күн бұрын

I am glad it helped!

@morbid1134 Жыл бұрын

This guys handwriting is just so. I want that handwriting

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video

@randomlight1069 2 жыл бұрын

Why did that Bonnie Tyler song appear in my brain? Eclipse and ellipse sound much alike i guess was the reason. I never really liked the track " Total Eclipse Of The Heart" but now when I think about it, Eclipse (as with ellipse) are wonderful words, seeming to encapsulate what they are defining perfectly. And for a bonus, I will from now on, having learned this method of producing a perfect ellipse, always think of this every time I ever hear Bonnie shredding her larynx. 🎵🎶 Once upon a time I was trying to do art But I was always falling apart But now I can do A total ellipse of the art It's all down to you A total ellipse in my art🎶🎵 Thanx for the lesson

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for the fun comment.

@randomlight1069 2 жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios I was wondering. Would you ever consider doing a session specifically to do with a subject looking a window (from our view point) 2 and 3 point perspective? Vanishing points and day and night? Hope this made sense, and realise your probably asked to do lots of lessons. I'm looking forward to the next instalment. Thanx

@John-mz8rj Жыл бұрын

How do you find the length of the minor access so it's in perspective?

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

An ellipse is a circle in perspective. This is for drawing the ellipse symmetrically. To find the perspective middle, you would lightly put the ellipse In a rectangle in one point perspective then draw from each corner to create an "x". Where the lines cross the minor axis, that is the middle in perspective on the ellipse.

@peculiarpeople9175 Жыл бұрын

Can you draw an ellipse using a set square?

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

Yes cut the rectangle in half vertically and horizontally amd you have the major and minor axis. If it's a square then you.have the vertical and horizontal axis to draw a circle.

@LukaSzent 4 ай бұрын

This is what makes me appreciate math.

@KevinMcCainStudios 4 ай бұрын

Me too.

@patriciaphillips3499 2 жыл бұрын

I found your instructions very helpful but you don’t explain how to make a much shallower ellipsis. It all depends on how you place the edge on the minor axis but I am not sure I have got it right. The minor axis has to be made much longer than the narrower ellipsis would suggest. But it is a brilliant trick!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment.. This works for any size and any shallow or open ellipse.