Perspective Drawing

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Perspective Drawing

• The art of making objects and spaces look three -
  dimensional.

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Perspective Drawing

• One point perspective is a drawing technique
  whereby the objects are drawn according to a set
  of rules that make the pictures look like they
  have depth in them and the solid forms appear to
  be three dimensional.

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• A photograph that shows 1 point perspective
  really well.

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This Renaissance drawing by Jan Vredeman de Vries
shows the use of 1-point perspective drawing
techniques.
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See how the lines that connect the tops of the
columns and the lines in the floor point to a
single spot in the distant arch? That spot is
called a vanishing point. It is at that spot
that everything disappears. The bases of the
columns on the left side of the picture show us
the right side of the bases. The opposite is
true of the columns on the right side. The
columns in the front are much larger than those
farther away. We assume that in the real
architecture, they must surely be the same height.
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The HORIZON LINE is the viewers eye level in the
picture. The CONVERGING LINES are those that
project the sides of an object back into space.
They always come together (converge) at the
vanishing point. A few are drawn in blue.The
VANISHING POINT is always on the horizon line.
It is where all things appear to disappear. It
represents an infinite distance away. Its the
red dot in the center.
Terms to know
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As a final 1-point perspective project, we are
going to draw some geometric shapes and project
them into space to make them look 3-D.
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Thenadd the vanishing point and converging lines.
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NEXTwe add more shapes and make them look 3-d.
Be careful! Dont draw lines across the front
of shapes!
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Last, we color the front of each shape and
slanted sides to increase the sense of depth and
space. Keep the front sides bright and make the
colors get darker as they go back toward the
vanishing point.Here the spaces between the
converging lines have been filled with gradients
of gray.
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The student who drew this project used darker
color values to show the sides of the objects
going back into space.
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Be careful! Use gently blending between color
values, not sudden changes in light and dark.
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Neatness is important!
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Do you think the yellow shapes on the lower left
shape help make it look 3-d?
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Look how the inside shapes of the numbers also
get darker as they go back in space.
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On this example, patterns and designs play an
important role decorating the front of each shape.
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