| What is proportion? In the world of art, proportion will | | | | to be correctly proportioned, there must symmetry. |
| mean that the appearance of the painting or drawing | | | | The Golden Proportion is the connection that has been |
| will be balanced. The arrangement of objects or faces | | | | used since ancient times to determine if the object |
| must be in proportion to the rest of the drawing for it | | | | being examined is proportional. To study proportion, a |
| to be pleasing to the eye. | | | | tool was developed - the Golden Mean Gauge. The |
| For instance, when drawing or painting a face, if it is | | | | basis for this tool is Phi. Okay, now what is Phi? When |
| too short or too long, we say it is out of proportion. | | | | a line is divided in a certain way the ratio of each |
| This is how we judge the beauty of the drawing or | | | | segment of line is Phi. |
| painting. The same is true with designs. For the design | | | | |