Lesson 4

In this lesson we will learn to draw a star block with odd angles. We will also learn to use the cloning tool and how to rotate.

1. Open you file

2. Click Block, then new block and easy draw

3. Now click Block again then drawing board set up.

4. When the box opens, click the Easy Draw tab.

5. Remove check mark from ‘snap to grid’ by clicking on the check mark.

6. Remove the check mark from ‘Snap to lines and arcs’.

7. Now click the General tab.

8. Under ‘Snap to Grid Points’ put 24 in both boxes.

9. Under block size lets put 6

10. Click on ‘Graph paper tab’

11. Put the number 6 in both boxes

12. Under options we want ‘Graph paper lines’.

Click OK and close the box

We are now going to draw ¼ of the block, clone it and the rotate it till we have a full block. Hey! I heard that, you can to do it!

1. Click on the line tool (That’s the pencil tool)

2. Find the number 3 on the left side and draw a line from that number to the center of your paper. Drop the line.

3. Find the number 3 on the top and draw a line straight down to the center of your paper connecting with the first line you drew. Drop line

4. Save in sketchbook

5. Look on the left side and click on the equal (=) sine to clean up your drawing.

6. This is what you should have on your board.

Note: When drawing lines you can draw past the center point a little bit because after you save your drawing and click the = sign, EQ will delete the excess lines. This way you know you have the lines connected.

7. Draw a line from the top left hand corner to the center point of your board so that all three lines are connected.

8. Put your pencil at the top on the number 3, draw downward and to the left till you reach the center diagonal line where the top number 2 and the left number 2 intersect. Save and click = to clean up your board.

9. Draw a line from the number 3 on the left to the diagonal line intersecting the two lines that are already there. Save in Sketchbook and click =

WOW, your doing great. Take a break for a minute and click on view, then sketchbook and delete all the extra drawings from it. Do NOT delete the last one you saved.

We are now going to clone the drawing.

1. Find the select tool. This is the very first tool on the right hand side of your board. It has a black arrow and a small black square on it.

2. Click on the small black square. A small window will open on your board called ‘Symmetry’.

3. Click on the word ‘edit’ at the top and you will get a drop down menu.

4. Click on ‘select all’

5. Your drawing should now be Bold with small black squares showing on the outside edges.

6. In the Symmetry box click on the word Clone, then click on Rot 90.

7. Your drawing should now have your original drawing and a ‘copy’ of the original only it is rotated 90 degrees and slightly off-set for from the original.

8. Move your cursor to the drawing and click and hold on one of the darker black lines.

9. While still holding the line move the clone right and line up the center and bottom lines with the original drawing. Your board should now look like this.

Save and refresh (=)

10. Click on the small black square again to open the symmetry box.

11. Click edit, select all

12. click clone

13. This time I want you to click rot 180

14. Click on one of the darker lines, hold and drag to the bottom half of your board, line up your center lines and drop.

You now have a completed star and only drew one section of it.

The cloning tool is a very useful tool especially if you are drawing a block that you want all four sections to be identical. And it saves lots of drawing time.

HOMEWORK:

Color and send me your drawing!

Now see that wasn’t so bad was it?