Linear Perspective
You are to make a drawing in soft
graphite (if we can’t see it across the room well enough during crit, that’s
points off) on an 18x24 white paper rectangle--using lines only, no shading—of
an interior room in perspective that has at
least one door or window through which you can see at least one other room (a hallway counts as a room). Include the objects that are in the room and
draw them in one or two point perspective as appropriate (i.e. furniture,
framed pictures, appliances, shelving, etc.)
So there will be a room--with the objects in it--in the foreground as
well as the background.
--OR--
You are to make a line
drawing (no shading or value of any
kind) using soft graphite of a group of buildings in one or two point perspective
(as appropriate) on 18x24 white paper. A
group of buildings means at least two buildings that exist in the same
space. Include everything around the
buildings: walkways, roads, shrubs, trees, other buildings, etc. You must make your drawing entirely from
life. You may not use photos or 2D reference
images of any kind.
Use 1 and/or 2 point perspective,
but also things as you see them. Do NOT
include the extended orthogonal lines of perspective (erase them)! This should be an interesting finished
drawing, not a sterile sketch, so take as much time as you need to finish it. Mind that you don’t choose a subject for
which the rules of linear perspective break down. Instead, choose a subject that will lend
itself to perspective with dramatic diagonals and angles moving away into space! It’s your choice, and therefore your
responsibility. Use the whole page; as
always, composition and all the other formal
elements that go into a good drawing will be noted during grading. Obviously you won’t be able to draw things
life sized, but take the time to think about how big stuff will be on your
page.
Hints:
--pick a relatively small cone
of vision to draw, as it is easier than trying to draw a whole wall.
--find a composition that has
dramatically tilted lines.
--move around while
choosing! A single area may be boring
from one angle but exciting from another.
Assignment Grade Sheet for
_________________________
First
Perspective Assignment
Did you follow directions? ___/20
Convincing Perspective Space? ___/40
Craftsmanship/Neatness/Finish:
___/10
Composition/Balance: ___/20
Overall Design: ___/10
_________
Final Grade: ___/100
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