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Sighting Grid

A gridded mesh to break down a scene into digestible chunks to draw.

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Table de L'Aquarelliste (Sighting Grid)

E. Picart

1887

Perspective Drawing Apparatus

C. Diehl

1874

Self-Teaching Perspective Apparatus

A. Richter

1852

Perspective Machine

James Ferguson

1803

Perspective Grid

Jean Dubreuil

1710

Sighting Grid

John Bate

1634

Sighting Grid

Robert Fludd

1617

Sighting Glass (after Jacob Keser)

Ludovico Cigoli

Circa 1610

Sighting Glass (after Jacob Keser)

Albrecht Dürer

1525

Sighting Grid

Albrecht Dürer

1525

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