Overview:

TWO-POINT perspective drawing of YOUR TOY CAR as seem from slightly above, including wheels

Due Date: xxxx

  • [Date xxxx]: Revise your car drawing.
  • [Date xxxx]: Finish your car drawing, including wheels, invisible doors, etc.

Instructions:

  • Revise your car drawing:
    • Be sure all lines that go back in space go to vanishing points on the horizon line.
    • Be sure features on the driver’s side of the car are the same shape and size, and are placed the same distance from the car’s front, as those on the passenger’s side.
  • Use dotted lines for invisible features.
  • Add the four wheels.
  • Upload this perspective drawing, along with a photo of your actual toy car, to the Car Drawings category housed under Student Posts in OpenLab.

Learning Outcomes:

  • All learning outcomes from Car Drawing Part I
  • To be able to create the illusion of 3-dimensional round objects in a 2-dimensional drawing

Resources:

Click HERE for the following resources for car body (Part I):

  • Step-by-step visual instructions with written annotation
  • Recording [provide hyperlink] of [date xxx] class meeting
  • YouTube video: Industrial Design Sketching: How To Draw A Car in Two-Point Perspective

Click HERE for the following resources for drawing wheels:

  • Step-by-step visual instructions with written annotation
  • Recording [provide hyperlink] of [date xxx] class meeting

Checklist:

  • Is there only one horizon line?
  • Are your two vanishing points on the horizon line and located at the edge of the paper?
  • Do all guidelines go to the appropriate vanishing points?
  • Have you included features on both visible and invisible sides of the car, and do these features line-up with guidelines?
  • Are your guidelines lightly drawn but still visible?
  • Do the proportions of your drawn car match those of your toy car?
  • Are wheel ellipses symmetrical?
  • Do wheels align with your car’s body?
  • Does the car fill the page in a visually exciting manner, with no dead space?
  • Have you uploaded both a photo and drawing of your car to the Car Drawings category listed under Student Posts on OpenLab?