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Learning How To Draw

Elementary Perspective: Lesson 8 (Basic Shadows)
Time:	Allow 40 min - mark previous work
Aim:	To learn how to plot shadows
Materials:	30x45cms or 12"x18" standard cartridge paper (thick, white, plain) sketchpad. HB pencil Ruler
Notes:	To Begin Revise: We must learn to use our eyes and judge distances and proportions and keep drawing them until they look right. It is the same if we are drawing a face or a box, we must judge one thing in relation to all the others. Construct margin and title box on a new page then: b) as in lesson six construct the grid as shown but start from above the title box c) note the RVP has moved in slightly d) draw the box in lightly and firm it in e) draw the line approximately as shown. 'O' stands for the light and 'a' ais the spot on the ground directly beneath the light f) draw light lines from 'O' and 'a' so they cross g) that gives us our shadow outline. Shade in as shown h) using 16 squares draw in the pyramid. The 'apex' is a point directly above the apparent center of the base. Firm it in i) Complete the shadow and shade in
Homework:	Experiment, add other objects (thin posts) and draw their shadows.
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