JBA-Drawing : Perspective

Posted by: Ping

Key Concept:
Horizon | Vanishing Point | Eye Level

The horizon (or skyline) is the apparent line that separates earth from sky.
The horizon is shown by a straight line across your drawing.

Eye Level: The eye level is level with the eye.

Vanishing Point: In Linear Perspective drawing, the point(s) on the horizon line to which the receding parallel lines diminish.

• Eye level above the object
• Eye level below the object
• One-point Perspective-1 | 2
• Two-point Perspective-1 | 2
• Three-point Perspective

In perspective drawing, the horizon also happens to be the viewer’s eye-level. In art, we tend to use the term ‘eye level’, rather than ‘horizon’, the horizon is frequently hidden by walls, buildings, trees, mountains, hills, etc.

• Parallel lines and one point perspective
Parallel lines are two or more lines extend in the same direction and remain the same distance apart.

Problem : Finding the vanishing point and the eye level.

Homework for Study Hall :

Day-1 / July-8 :

  1. Reading: step one and step two / Perspective Made Easy
  2. Drawing: a box using One-Point Perspective
  3. Drawing: a box using Two-Point Perspective

Day-2 / July-9 :

Reading: Page 119 ~ 127 / Perspective Made Easy

Day-3 / July 10 :

  1. Reading: Step three ~ step six / Perspective Made Easy
  2. Reading: Page-37~38: Putting Basic Form Together / How to Draw What You See
  3. Reading: Page 44~45: Perspective in a Still Life / How to Draw What You See
  4. Drawing: Putting Basic Form Together
Day-4 / July 11 :
  1. Reading: Step 14 & Step 16 / Perspective Made Easy
  2. Reading: Page 46 ~ 52: Light and Shade / How to Draw What You See
  3. Reading: Page 57: Tonal Arrangement & Rendering Texture /
    How to Draw What You See
  4. Reading: Page 58 ~ 59: Drawing a Still Life / How to Draw What You See

JBA Class Photo: 10:00 am, Monday, July 15