A number of people from outside of North America have had some issues printing because they use ISO paper sizes. I hear that. People have also had trouble figuring out how to piece stuff together because they don’t have an actual picture of the finished plate. I hear that too. So, I’m posting here my 300 DPI scans of Part 1 of the Bargue Drawing Course.
I don’t have my Part 2 or Part 3 300 DPI scans, but you can always Buy the book by Gerald Ackerman and make those scans yourself if you want to get into those. The book is filled with helpful hints about tackling each of the plates. I strongly encourage you to get a copy especially if you’re doing the course as self-study.
300DPI are high res images. You’ll still have to place these images onto your preferred paper size and make sure they print at the right size, ie, full size. The actual size of these plates in real life is 60 cm x 46 cm or 18 in x 24 in.
If you have access to printing on C2 paper (18 in x 25.5 in) you could do a full-size plate on one sheet of C2 paper.
If you plan to use common A4 paper, 8.3 in x 11.7 in, you’ll have to cut the image in quarters and print them out on 4 sheets (of A4) and then have tape them altogether.
If you want to use A2 (16.5 in X 23.4 in), you could crop off dead space, and by doing that you might be able to print many images at full size. Keep in mind: you will lose the negative space, which as an artist trying to train your eye is not a great idea.
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