Drawing & Drafting Tools
T-Square Why is the letter “T” in its name? Why is the word “square” in its name?
Drawing a perfectly straight VERTICAL line
Drawing a perfectly straight HORIZONTAL line
Triangle Why is called a “triangle”?
Using a triangle to draw a horizontal line
Using a triangle to draw a vertical line
90 Degree Angles A Right Triangle can help you draw perfect 90 degree triangles. The RED line is 90 degrees 90
8/12/13 1.Drawing board 2.T-Square 3.Paper 4.Pencil
One-Point Perspective Vanishing point Assignment #1 Draw the “X” shown, starting from each corner. This will help you find The exact center of the paper. Tape a piece of paper to the center of your drawing board.
Do not assume your paper is perfectly square. It might have been cut on a paper cutter or with scissors and finding the vanishing point (exact center) may require measuring. If not, your drawing, and perspective, will be off.
Drawing a “room” Draw a vertical line to represent the start of the back right wall
The “Floor”
The Other Wall
The “Ceiling”
A Three Walled Room
Adding a Door
Step by Step Door: Left Side
Top of Door
Right Side of Door
Doorknob
Door Molding
Add a Window
Draw the right frame of the window
Window Top and Bottom
Choosing Window Size
Window Center
Creating Window Panes
Making 3 Panes
Window Frame
Add a Rug
Draw the closest edge to you
Draw the sides of the rug
Draw the far side of the rug
Changing The Rug Size
Add Wood Flooring TIP: Use a ruler to measure an even distance between the dots!
Finished Wood Floor
Add a Skylight
Draw the near side of skylight
Draw the sides of skylight
Draw the far side of skylight
Almost Finished!
Skylight Depth
Draw horizontal back of skylight
Draw sides of skylight “walls” Make sure your line intersects this point!
Add a Skylight
We should add ceiling tiles!
Measured dots, just like the floor
Draw lines from VP through each dot
The important diagonal line! This will help us draw the individual tiles!
Draw a horizontal line where the two red lines intersect
Continue until you have a horizontal line for each intersection
Time to add a TV!
TV step 1
TV step 2
TV step 3
TV step 4
TV step 5
TV Screen
Finished TV
Add a Bed
Bed Step 1
Bed Step 2
Bed Step 3
Bed Step 4
Bed Step 5
Bed Step 6
Finished!
8/12/13