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Art Students' Scaling Guide

This document provides instructions for a scale drawing project. Students will take a smaller original picture and draw a larger scaled version using a grid method. The steps include: 1) Choosing an original picture 3 inches or smaller and measuring its dimensions. 2) Deciding on a scale factor of 2 or 3 to determine the scaled picture's size. 3) Drawing a grid on the original and calculating the size of squares for the scaled grid. 4) Drawing the scaled picture within the new grid, matching colors and details.

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Art Students' Scaling Guide

This document provides instructions for a scale drawing project. Students will take a smaller original picture and draw a larger scaled version using a grid method. The steps include: 1) Choosing an original picture 3 inches or smaller and measuring its dimensions. 2) Deciding on a scale factor of 2 or 3 to determine the scaled picture's size. 3) Drawing a grid on the original and calculating the size of squares for the scaled grid. 4) Drawing the scaled picture within the new grid, matching colors and details.

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Scale Project Preparation Sheet 


 
GOAL: ​Scale up a picture. 
You will take a smaller picture and draw it at a larger size using the grid method. 
Follow the step-by-step directions in this sheet to complete the project. 
 
✤ PART 1: The Original Picture 
 
❏ Choose a picture that you want to scale up for this project.​ Try to pick a picture
that has a lot of details in it. The picture must be appropriate for school.

❏ Staple, clip, or glue the original picture in the box below.


Picture must be 3 inches by 3 inches or smaller.
If you want to use a larger picture, please check with the teacher first.
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What are the dimensions of your original picture? ​Use a ruler to measure. Include units
(inches (in), centimeters (cm), etc.).
Original Length: Original Width:

❏ Draw a grid on the original picture. ​Each square in the grid should be the same size.
How big is each square?​ ​Examples​: 0.5" x 0.5" (½ in by ½ in), 1 cm by 1 cm
✤ PART 2: Calculations for Scaling Up 
 
❏ Calculate how big the scaled-up picture will be by answering the questions
below.

1. What scale factor do you want to use? ​In other words, how many times bigger should
the scaled-up picture be? ​Recommended scale factor:​ 2 or 3

2. What are the dimensions of your scaled-up picture? ​Show your calculations in the
boxes​ and include units (inches, centimeters, etc.).
To find the answer, take the original dimensions and multiply by the scale factor.
Scaled-up Length = Original Length ​·​ Scale Factor Scaled-up Width = Original Width ​·​ Scale Factor

Scaled-up Length: Scaled-up Width:

3. How big will each square in the scaled-up grid be? ​Show your calculations in the box
and include units (inches, centimeters, etc.).
To find the answer, take the original square size and multiply by the scale factor.
Example:​ ​Original grid square is 0.5" x 0.5". Scale factor is 3.
⇒ Scaled-up square = 0.5" · 3 = 1.5" x 1.5"
✤ PART 3: Drawing the Scaled-up Picture 

❏ On the back of this paper or another piece of paper, draw a scaled-up grid to use
for your scaled-up picture.
The grid should follow the dimensions you calculated in Part 2 #2. The squares in the grid
should be the size you calculated in Part 2 #3. All squares in the grid should be the same
size.

❏ Draw the scaled-up picture in the scaled-up grid. Try to make your drawing as
accurate as possible.​ This means that the scaled-up picture should look exactly like the
original picture, just larger. Take your time and pay attention to the details.

❏ Color in your drawing​. The colors in the original picture should match the colors in the
scaled-up picture. If your original picture is in black-and-white, you may do one of the
following: 1) Color in the original picture and then color the scaled-up picture the same
way OR 2) Use pencil to shade in the scaled-up picture to match the original picture.

❏ Turn in your Scale Project by Wednesday, January 9, 2019.​ This Preparation Sheet
and the scaled-up picture should be turned in together. Make sure your name is on
everything.

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