Overview:

On 14×17 inch white paper, use perspective to draw two of the same bottles (or bottle-like objects) where one is standing up and the other lying down in two-point perspective.

Due Date: xxxx

Student drawing, Teacher: Alice Zinnes

Instructions:

  • On 14×17 inch white paper, draw two of the same bottles where one is standing up and the other lying down. You may use two sheets, one for each bottle, or one sheet where the two bottles are in one single still life with one horizon line.
  • Draw guideline boxes for both bottles. The boxes must LOOK like the same box (pay attention to foreshortening!) with tops and bottoms that LOOK like squares.
  • Draw your bottles inside these guideline boxes.
  • Make separate “shelves” for each change of size, for instance the neck to shoulder or shoulder to body.
  • Lightly draw all guidelines. Do NOT erase the guidelines!
  • Lightly draw dotted lines for invisibles.
  • Upload these drawings, along with a photo of your actual object to the Bottles Drawings category housed under Student Posts in OpenLab
Student drawing, Teacher: Alice Zinnes

Learning Outcomes:

  • To understand how to create 3-dimensional round objects on a 2-dimensional surface
  • To strengthen a sense of relative proportion and foreshortening
  • To become more proficient at seeing size and shape distortions caused by foreshortening
  • To be able to design the whole page using just one or two objects
Student drawing, Teacher: Alice Zinnes

Resources:

Click HERE for the following resources:

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

Checklist:

  • Is there only one horizon line, and are vanishing points on the horizon line?
  • Are guidelines lightly drawn but still visible?
  • Considering foreshortening shape and size distortions, do both objects LOOK like the same objects?
  • Are ellipses symmetrical?
  • Do ellipses get skinnier as they get closer to the horizon line?
  • Does one line go through the visual centers of all ellipses?
  • With the lying-down object, does this visual center line go to the vanishing point?
  • Is the actual center of each ellipse parallel to visual center line, but closer to us than is the visual center?
  • Have you paid attention to design in terms of scale, page placement, positive/negative shapes, etc?
  • Have you uploaded your drawing/s and photo/s of your object to the Bottles category housed under Student Posts in OpenLab?