1. Perspective
Perspective: The appearance of things in relation to one another.
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2. Perspective
Perspective: The appearance of things in relation to one another.
When we draw in perspective, we draw objects smaller the farther they are away from us. This is a form of visual illusion because we all know that a person on the right isn’t actually smaller than the person on the left.
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3. One point perspective
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4. One point perspective
First, draw a horizontal line and a vertical line at the top of your page.
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5. One point perspective
vertical
horizontal
First, draw a horizontal line and a vertical line at the top of your page.
Then label them.
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6. One point perspective
To draw in one point perspective, first draw a horizon line towards the top of your page. Then draw a dot in the middle of the line. This is your vanishing point.
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7. One point perspective Next, draw a rectangle on your page.
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8. One point perspective
Then connect the three corners of the rectangle with the vanishing point. These lines are called orthagonals.
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9. One point perspective
Draw a horizontal line where you want your shape to end.
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10. One point perspective
Then draw a vertical line down from the horizontal line to complete the side.
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11. One point perspective
Rub out the orthogonal lines and you have your 3d shape drawn in one point perspective.
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12. One point perspective
Experiment with drawing rectangular prisms at different places on the page leading to the same vanishing point. What do you notice? Try drawing a cube. What do you notice?
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