How do I Draw Postal Stamps?
A postage stamp is a pretty small subject to draw, but you can still get an excellent rendering if you use a trace and grid method. Tracing the stamp gives you verisimilitude, and the grid method, used by designers and artists regularly, provides the means for enlarging to a size where you can see it better. You can make the drawing as large as you want by changing the size of the grid. By tracing the stamp, you keep your stamp unmarked and collectible.
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Instructions
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Lay the tracing paper over the postage stamp and trace it with the pencil.
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Use the ruler to create a grid of equal sized squares over the traced stamp. Mark the sides of the traced stamp at 1/4-inch intervals along the sides and use the ruler to draw straight lines through the traced stamp.
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Create a grid on the drawing paper with the same number of squares horizontally and vertically as the grid on the traced stamp. Use light lines so that they won't be seen in the finished drawing. Make the squares as large or small as you like, as long as they are all the same size.
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Begin in the upper left square on your drawing paper and draw the square from the upper left of the traced stamp. Don't worry about the drawing as a whole, just the square you are working on.
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Continue horizontally, row by row, until you have filled in all the squares.
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Go back into the drawing and draw over the intersections of the lines from box to box, if you need to, to soften the transitions.
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References
- Photo Credit stamp image by CraterValley Photo from Fotolia.com
