1. RUS 101: INTEGRATED STUDIO
PERSPECTIVE

2. ‘The Monalisa’ (Leonardo da Vinci, 1505)

3. HAPPY
DISGUSTED
FEARFUL
‘The Monalisa’ (Leonardo da Vinci, 1505)

4. HAPPY 83% DISGUSTED 6% FEARFUL 6% ANGRY 2%
‘EMOTION RECOGNITION SOFTWARE’
HAPPY 83%
DISGUSTED 6%
FEARFUL 6%
ANGRY 2%
‘analysed by a University of Amsterdam computer using “emotion recognition” software’ (BBC)
‘The Monalisa’ (Leonardo da Vinci, 1505)

5. PERSPECTIVE as an IMAGE.. mazran ismail Presented by:
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6. “not all 3D drawings are PERSPECTIVES”

7. Non-perspective 3D drawings: Axonometric Projections
‘Trimetric’
‘Dimetric’
‘Isometric’
(Source:

8. “is an image as it is perceived by the eye”
PERSPECTIVE (from Latin ‘perspicere’-to see through)
“is an image as it is perceived by the eye”

9. Perspectives in different styles / approaches
Black & White Linear Perspective
‘Interior of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome’ (Giovannni Battista Piranesi, 1740)

10. Perspectives in different styles / approaches
(Light) Coloured Paintings (e.g. impressionism)
‘Boulevard Montmarte’
(Camille Pissarro, 1897)
‘The Boardwalk at Trouville’
(Monet, 1870)

11. Perspectives in different styles / approaches
(Bright) Coloured Paintings (e.g. expressionism)
‘Old Town II’
(Wassily Kadinsky, 1902)
‘Starry Night’
(Vincent Van Gogh, 1888)

12. Perspectives in different styles / approaches
with ‘Unconsious Mind’ (e.g. surrealism)
‘‘The Persistence of Memory’ (Salvador Dali, 1931)
‘Fauna in La Mancha’
(Vladimir Kush, 2007)

13. Perspectives in different styles / approaches
Loose Sketch
‘Six’s Bridge’ (Rembrandt, 1645)

14. Architect’s Perspective: Santiago Calatrava
Turning Torso, Sweden (2005)
Initial idea in sketch
Completed building

15. Architect’s Perspective: Jørn Utzon
Sydney Opera House ( )
Initial idea in sketch
Completed building

16. Architect’s Perspective: Frank O. Gehry
Walt Disney Concert Hall, New York (2003)
Initial idea in sketch
Completed building

17. Architect’s Perspective: Frank O. Gehry
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (1997)
Initial idea in sketch
Completed building

18. Architect’s Perspective: Norman Foster
Swiss Re Headquarters, London (2004)
Initial idea in sketch
Completed building

19. A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION
‘PERSPECTIVE’ as
A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION
in BUILT ENVIRONMENT
“to provide the people an image of
how the building/project will look when it is built”

20. Examples : HBP Students’ perspectives
Exterior Perspectives

21. Examples : HBP Students’ perspectives
Exterior Perspectives

22. Examples : HBP Students’ perspectives
Interior Perspective
Sectional Perspective

23. TYPES OF PERSPECTIVE DRAWING:
One-point Perspective
Two-point Perspective
Three-point Perspective
Multi-point Perspective (will not be covered in this lesson)
..depends on
the number of vanishing points in the perspective drawing

24. ‘ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE’
-used when one face of the object is perpendicular to the line of our sight/view
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25. ‘ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE’
Vanishing point
-used when one face of the object is perpendicular to the line of our sight/view
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26. ‘TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVE’
-used when an object is not directly facing us
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27. ‘TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVE’
-used when an object is not directly facing us
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28. ‘THREE-POINT PERSPECTIVE’
-used for buildings seen from above (bird’s eye view) or below (worm’s eye view)
(Courtesy of HBP, USM)

29. ‘THREE-POINT PERSPECTIVE’
-used for buildings seen from above (bird’s eye view) or below (worm’s eye view)
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30. RUS 101: INTEGRATED STUDIO DRAWING A 1-POINT PERSPECTIVE
ESQUISSE
DRAWING A 1-POINT PERSPECTIVE

31. How to DRAW A 1-POINT PERSPECTIVE ?

32. fundamental: STATION POINT HORIZON LINE VANISHING POINT
CONVERGENCE LINES
GROUND LEVEL
PICTURE PLANE

33. fundamental: STATION POINT HORIZON LINE VANISHING POINT
CONVERGENCE LINES
GROUND LEVEL
PICTURE PLANE
the position from which the observer views the object

34. fundamental: STATION POINT HORIZON LINE VANISHING POINT
CONVERGENCE LINES
GROUND LEVEL
PICTURE PLANE
the line at which the earth and sky appear to meet / eyelevel of the viewer

35. fundamental: STATION POINT HORIZON LINE VANISHING POINT
CONVERGENCE LINES
GROUND LEVEL
PICTURE PLANE
the point(s) at which the horizon line and the convergence lines meet and diminish

36. fundamental: STATION POINT HORIZON LINE VANISHING POINT
CONVERGENCE LINES
GROUND LEVEL
PICTURE PLANE
the diagonal lines that can be drawn along receding parallel lines (or rows of objects) to the vanishing point

37. fundamental: STATION POINT HORIZON LINE VANISHING POINT
CONVERGENCE LINES
GROUND LEVEL
PICTURE PLANE
the horizontal plane representing the ground on which the viewer is standing

38. fundamental: STATION POINT HORIZON LINE VANISHING POINT
CONVERGENCE LINES
GROUND LEVEL
PICTURE PLANE
the imaginary line that slices through the cone of vision. Used to record the ‘image' that the eye sees.

39. fundamental: STATION POINT HORIZON LINE VANISHING POINT
CONVERGENCE LINES
GROUND LEVEL
PICTURE PLANE

40. A 1-Point Perspective: the simplest way
Drawing
A 1-Point Perspective: the simplest way
SITUATION: Without any plan & elevation

41. 1) Draw the Horizon Line
Horizon Line

42. 2) Decide the Vanishing Point (VP)
Horizon Line

43. 3) Draw the Horizontal and Vertical Lines to form the front of the objectVP
Horizon Line
Vertical
Horizontal

44. 4) Draw in Convergence LinesVP
Horizon Line

45. 5) Draw again the Horizontal and Vertical linesVP
Horizon Line

46. 6) Complete the form of the objectsVP
Horizon Line

47. 7) Finishing up (erase the convergence lines)VP
Horizon Line

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49. ‘A ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE’
YOUR TASK (right now)
is to look, see & sketch…
‘A ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE’
(without plan & elevation)

50. you think that it could be drawn inOF
WHATEVER
you think that it could be drawn in
‘1-POINT PERSPECTIVE’,

51. A walkway towards a building
A walkway between two buildings
A walkway inside a building
(Source:

52. or ANYTHING else that you could see…

53. YOUR DRAWING HAS: as long as, *Keywords in Perspective:
‘…things appear smaller the further they are away….’

54. YOUR DRAWING HAS: as long as, Horizon Line *Keywords in Perspective:
‘…things appear smaller the further they are away….’

55. YOUR DRAWING HAS: as long as, Vanishing Point (VP) Horizon Line
*Keywords in Perspective:
‘…things appear smaller the further they are away….’

56. YOUR DRAWING HAS: as long as, Vanishing Point (VP) Horizon Line
Convergence Lines
*Keywords in Perspective:
‘…things appear smaller the further they are away….’

57. YOUR DRAWING HAS: as long as, Vanishing Point (VP) Horizon Line
Convergence Lines
Object/s
*Keywords in Perspective:
‘…things appear smaller the further they are away….’

58. SKETCH IT… with a pencil on A3 paper in black & white with no ruler
with no eraser
Please do it in 15 minutes..
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