Is it possible to draw a perfect circle

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well watched a film not long ago and someone said something about drawing a perfect circle by free hand.is it possible? think they said is was da vinci or someone like.
 
Albert Einstein could do it IIRC something to do with his brain lobes being different to normal which means he could get the circle perfect whereas normal lobed people cannot, something to do with how he saw perspective.
 
well watched a film not long ago and someone said something about drawing a perfect circle by free hand.is it possible? think they said is was da vinci or someone like.

You didn't watch it too hard then, it was Giotto who drew the "perfect circle". It was to demonstrate his artistic ability to the Pope.
 
well found this aswell so now not sure whether it was gioti or da vinci

The story goes that the Pope was requesting Leonardo da Vinci to submit some of his work for a competition for a new commission. Leonardo kept putting him off, saying he was too busy, as the requests grew more and more insistent. In the end, to avoid the Pope having him arrested, he drew, freehand, at arms length, a perfect circle on a sheet of paper and sent it to the Pope, who promptly gave him the commission. The reason for this is that to draw a perfect circle, freehand and unsupported is one of the hardest things possible to draw, achieved by few artists, usually only after much practice and was for a long time considered to be the pinnacle of artistic achievement.


this is best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgvdlyQkBA&NR=1
 
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I smell an mspaint competition - one attempt, mouse only.

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Hmmmm, i went to a catholic 6th form and was having some PSE thing with our form and a teacher (who was also a priest there) gave us all an A3 piece of paper and one by one asked us to draw a circle.

Everyone did theres all wonky, then it got to me, and I managed to do it damn near spot on, the look on his face was a strange one, he sort of looked shocked and said that anyone who can draw a circle that well has some sort of severe imbalance in themselves or something, or some religious codswallop cant quite remember what though. I half expected him to whip out a bible and try to perform an exorcism on me. Was a strange day that one, because he never would really look at me properly or address me directly from then on.

I can't actually remember what the purpose was for drawing the circle anymore, but he made me feel like I was some sort of anti-christ lol.
 
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