It's actually quite easy once you learn how. You hold your hand as if you were giving a thumbs up, taking your pencil in your fist with part of the pencil extended beyond the top of your thumb (see photo). Using the area from the top edge of your thumb to the top of the pencil as a rule, you now adjust your pencil's length up or down to make your measurement. To measure widths just turn your hand sideways. Remember to keep your arm fully extended while you measure so that your measurements will be constant.
The purpose of measuring with your pencil is to compare what you see with what you have drawn. For instance, if you are looking at a standing figure you could measure the width of the shoulders and compare that with the witdth of the hips. Next you would measure your drawing in the same way, checking to see if both the figure and your drawing have the same proportions.
Try this technique the next time your proportions seem a little off and it should be a big help.
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