Two Point Perspective & Repeating Forms

Warm up Activity:  

• Choose a view i nthe classroom with overlapping forms where you can apply perspective as a tool to show depth.
• First sketch the composition as a thumbnail drawing. (You’ll have 10 minutes to complete the final drawing.)
• Then create a 10 minute drawing.

Review Lecture :  One Point Perspective / Ellipses in Perpective

 

Planes                                                             Foreground

Vanishing Point                                              Middle Ground

Horizon Line                                                  Background

Visual Center 

• Group Critique : Ellipses in Perspective Assignment Drawings

How successful were we? Did we create the Illusion of Depth?

What strategies to create depth did we combine with 1 point perspective?

 REVISE HW DRAWINGS

 

• TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE

How do we turn an ellipse into a 3-d form effectively? : Using the Rectangluar Prism as a base form.

 Introduction to two point perspective

 

• Frame your picture plane.
• Draw your Horizon Line.
• Choose 2 vanishing points.
• Rule lines to that vanishing point.
• Draw parallel vertical lines to form objects.

 

• Draw a Building from Two Point Perspective. (15 min)

Beginning with a rectangular prism as a base shape, draw a unique and detailed building. Give the building an identity.  Is this your dream home? A futuristic university? A castle or fort?  Use realistic shapes and forms, and objects you can study in the room to create a sense of realism. Avoid drawing characters.  Stick to objects, landscapes, and architecture.

• Patterns and Repeating forms in 1 point and 2 point perspective

 

• Draw a Chessboard on the Black Board in Teams (15 min)

 

• Draw a Room with a Checkerboard Floor (15 min)

 

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