Week Four - One-Point Perspective

- Critique on Contour Line Still Life assignment

- Intro to One-Point Perspective

One-Point Perspective: A Drawing has one-point perspective when there is one vanishing point, which is almost always on the horizon line.

"receding railroad tracks phenomenon"

In Class Project 1: Draw 10 boxed in One-Point Perspective

1. Draw a straight, horizontal line. This is your horizon line.
2. Draw a vanishing point somewhere on the horizon line
3. Draw 10 boxes in space, some above the horizon line, some below, with perspective lines of each box leading to the vanishing point.
4. Show all of your perspective lines

examples below:

In Class Project 2: Draw a room from your imagination in One-Point Perspective

1. There must be at least three objects, a window, and a door/doorway in the room

Homework: Due 10/2 From Observation, draw a room in One-Point Perspective

1. Stand with your back against a wall and look towards the opposite wall (that will be One-Point Perspective) 

2. Draw in a horizon line and a vanishing point somewhere on the horizon line. If you are standing, and looking straight into the middle of the wall, the vanishing point will be directly in the middle of the page (as seen in example below)

examples of rooms in One-Point Perspective