Art school and tens of thousands of dollars spent, hours slaving in factories and restaurants to repay the student loans... proportional divider NEVER MENTIONED! I've learned more from Mr. Mark Carder in 2 weeks than in 2 years of "art school" ! smh

Unbelieveable, You have the best teaching techniques I've ever seen. You make it uncomplicated, and easy to understand. And these totally ingenious devices that, with your direction, can be made by anyone. Thanks for your generosity.

Just discovered this man on KZfaq--huge amount of information he is conveying on these videos, whether you use all of his methods or not. And he encourages you to find your own voice in your art. Thank you Mark Carder!

I love how every video looks like a master oil painting. The lighting is so beautifully orchestrated.

I love my proportional divider!!! I could never get my drawings right until I got this from you....Thank you so much, you are absolutely awesome!!!!

Invaluable!!---All the secrets and tips that only a person that has devoted his whole life to a particular discipline, can give... that You can not buy or sell !... thanks a lot one more time!

Marc, I want to say first - thanks for making this video. I understand that it's been 5 years since you made it, so please accept my comment as coming from someone who started his journey in art last year, and became serious about his need to learn drawing a few months ago. My proportional divider, when used as it's intended, has been the greatest tool for helping me to learn how to draw. I started out using the crutch of a projector and/or an LED light board - which I became aware very early that I wasn't learning how to draw, but how to copy. So, the proportional divider - or prospect - is invaluable as a teaching aid for someone learning to draw and wanting to paint with realism. You said something in this video, however, that I found in error. One of the great benefits of the tool is that it can be used to scale up (measure with the smaller end, mark with the larger end) or scale down (vice versa). When I have a canvas and I want to insert a smaller subject (animal) - I will use a larger reference, and scale down the subject to fit on my canvas inside my composition. I agree totally with your admonition to keep the scale the same when transferring proportions of a subject to canvas, but would add that you can change the scale if you're placing a different subject somewhere else on your canvas for depth of field. I value your instructions. It's two-tools in one used for scale of proportions and can be used either way - making subjects larger, or smaller. You're likely just trying to keep things simple for newbies such as myself - it's easy to confuse a person not familiar with the topic. (me a year ago) I've also found it useful for me personally to pick a spot on my reference subject from which I find my "dots" for guiding me in my drawing and for checking my proportions as I progress. Thank you for sharing your experience and guidance. Your guidance has been very helpful to me in my journey learning to be a better artist.

Hi Mark, I'm new to your channel, and so happy to have found it. I have learned so much already. Thank you for your time, which you give us so generously. I can't afford an art school, but you explain things in a way that is so easy to understand. Your ideas about painting make so much sense to me. Please, keep making videos. Thanks again, Olimpia

You are a wonderful teacher Mr. Carder!! Thank You for sharing your knowledge and talent!

Thanks for breaking this down. I’m a great fan of your method and follower of your teaching.

I'm pretty close to finished watching all your videos. Fantastic.Thank you very much for taking the time to pass on your knowledge.

I goddamn love this dudes videos!

Thank you ajsparks and barbara! Barbara, regarding transferring an image, just use the proportional divider the same way you would when using it for life drawing as in this video. But measure right on the photo instead of holding it up in front of you. Let me know if that does not answer your question.

Hey thanks Mark. It’s been a few years since taking your course but hey now I work as Painter Decorator for the Architect of the Capitol in D.C. Faux finishing the marble columns and stuff.

Those strings! so efficient for stellar quality of creative work. Thank you.

thank you! very valuable info.... i still wonder who are those people who disliked the video :-/ always get puzzled when someone dislikes such high-quality tutorials, especially when they are for free.

Thank you so much. I learn so much from you and your videos. Blessings!

This is amazing. I've never seen such a device and this was awesome! I'm just hoping the injection plastic color checker is coming out soon. ;) It's very generous of you to share all of this to the masses for free - thank you so much!

Excellent video! I have been wondering if proportion dividers would work for me, after watching this, i can guarantee they will help me out big time, many thanks for the invaluable information.

Why am I just finding you now?? Wow, loving all these videos, thank you thank you!!

Thank you so much for making this extremely helpful vid❣️ Oh and the plumb line string tip...wow I’d have never, ever known that.

Finally someone else that knows how to use a proportional divider. Some teachers never heard of it.

Thank you Cheri!

So simple, but Brilliant. Thanks.

That is one amazing looking vase.

This is unbelievable....love all your vdos

Thank you very very much for sharing the info. with us. It helps a lot.

I hope they are in stock soon! I want to order one:)

I think this is the smartest thing i've seen This year

Thank you soxonlight!

For a still life painting or drawing you also have to make sure the table is absolutely level for more accuracy. Basically your proportion divider forms two isosceles triangle at each setting which are congruent to each other, that's why the third side you measure at each setting is proportionally similar to the one you choose to draw or paint.

omg thank you so so sooo much you are genius! that helped me so much thank you thank you!

Thank you for this cool technique. I used to measure my proportion with my pencil which was a pain because I always had to compare to another dimension. I gave up on that and just started drawing by eye. But these look look like they’ll help a lot for drawing large things.

I feel like I can draw anything with this tool

Thanks for the video - this is helpful.

fantastic. Thanks for sharing!

Changed my Life!

everyone should use a divider. they are amazing tools.

Thank You, now I know how to use it!

Thank you so much, can I make one? What are the measurements ?

jerrysartarma does not have a wooden proportional divider. They have metal ones that are expensive, any suggestions?

great teacher thanks for that - must make one

Is it possible to use one for a very large canvas ?

It is interesting that your videos and your looks if I may say have the exact same quality , even the camera is great quiality for 2012. The thing I'm pointing at is , when the man does what he loves , he doesn't age.

A year or so ago, I got an Accurasee Proportional Divider for something like $12. It works great. I think my only problem with it is that it is black. I think if it was white it would be better.

Thank you for this.

THIS IS BRILLIANT! I am a beginner and was wondering what to do with it.Mark can you please make a video on HOW TO TRANSFER AN IMAGE (On the paper) ON TO A CANVAS? Thank you :)

I'm in Louisuana and l want to know where do you sell your oil paints.

Thank you SO MUCH!

cool video!

How do you keep the dstance equal doesnt it make a difference if you are closer or not as close to sth?

Fantastic.

what should i do with proportional divider when i need to paint way bigger than actual subject??

Mis felicitaciones por tan logrado trabajo divulgativo y de la manera tan didáctica en su elaboración. Y mis felicitaciones por su obra. Saludos desde España

I have your divider. The screw will not come out without using an Allen screw driver. The screw part does not go into the holes without great effort and Allen driver. What can I do? Thank you. Colleen

Thanks you!!

Is it recommended? Or we can just survive measuring stuff with our finger?

thank you so much

you are a master

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Wouldn't it help if the strings had some kind of weight on the end so it will get really straight?

I just finished my first college drawing course and I spent a lot of time doing something similar with a bamboo skewer and a ruler....this would have saved a lot of time lol.

What if your getting a picture on the phone but want to make it bigger?

can you make the proportional divider longer to make the scale bigger for larger paintings?

what if I like to draw and paint standing up

Instead of the strings why not use a table fixed to the floor you just put your divider the in a solid surface everytime you measure i mean to the side of the table a piece of wood not so big but fixed to the floor and with your arm extended so you don't have to worry about the chair moving or the misscalculation of the strings and your hands not in the same line. Just a thought.

Is it possible to measure the objects with the wide end of the proportional divider and flip it to transfer the narrow end. I am working smaller than life.

Have you had much success with a metric ruler (math should be easier than traditional units) and a calculator?

Do you sell these, Im not even going to pretend like I am going to make this lol..

How would you compensate for a canvas that is at a slight angle (like with watercolour painting)?

Maybe you could rest your arm at the edge of the easel each time to fix where you hold the divider.

No fan or, open window breeze On hot day that string will be moving If you have a fan on

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Perhaps using a chair with a back, so you know to keep your back in contact with the back to prevent moving forward.

I’ve learned a little here and little there that has helped me sooo much. But a nice Cesar haircut and throw away your dark t-shirts, you’d be all that and a bag of chip!

It wasn't a foul!

Why hang two strings from the ceiling? You could just as easily have erected two pencils on your desk to achieve the same thing. Or two bits of wood if you needed them taller.

I don't need a proportion devider a pencil goes just fine XD

oh, it is a very american way to prove your proportions. never seen this before. normaly, in europe we check proportions like between length and wide. a length has no proportion, cos the length is just a line. a line is a 1d object, it cant have proportions, it only have a legth. so what you do in the video, is comparing the length of the object, with the legth of your drawing, but not proportions. you need at leest a 2d object, to have proportions in it, like a rectangle. so if you have a rectangle you can chek the proportions between the wide and length sides. so you simple need to compar both, and finde the difference. you can use a simple pencil or a brush for it. and you can measure from any distance, becouse the difference (proportion) is allways the same. sorry for my bad english, im from germany

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