Basics 101: Class 2 - Foundation of Perspective - Page 14

**arnoud3272** · #**196** 08-02-2012, 02:55 PM

Megan - First, as I see it, the horizon line runs through box 2, not box 1. But that is on the reference, there is no objection to change it on the drawing, on condition that the perspective of all lines follow.

It is very important to understand that photos are not the reality. Particularly cheap lenses, and taking the photo in close up, will distort the perspective. The best advice is to sketch from life. Although even the lens in the human eye will make the same errors if looking too close.
So sketch first, then correct with perspective; and if the result is not "nice", adapt it, move the HL to give a better result. Don't feel obliged to draw something "because it is there", or because the photo shows it like that.

micko45 · #**197** 08-05-2012, 05:30 PM

Hi,

See attached for my efforts for class 2, I think I have the basics of it but then again :-)

Arnoud, as said by many others here, thanks again for spending the time to look at these.

Rgds
Michael.

Tavs@hrida · #**198** 08-06-2012, 01:03 AM

Hi,

Here are my sketches for class 2.

Couldn't finish the chair in one go...but still thought of posting it.

Hope I got it right

Happy Friendship day to all at Wetcanvas!!

Tavleen

**arnoud3272** · #**199** 08-06-2012, 05:41 AM

Michael - Well done

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The perspective of all the assignments is technically correct. But for real drawings remember to put the VP's farther away from each other. For instance the kleenex box is much too distorted. When a VP is far off the sheet, it is no problem to imagine the VL's as parallel lines.
Please move on to class 3

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**arnoud3272** · #**200** 08-06-2012, 05:48 AM

Tavleen - Good job.
You faithfully copied the textbook cubes. But a table is nothing more than a cube with big holes in the side

. Hence the top and the bottom (the legs) must converge to the same VP.

And it is important to develop a gut feeling for "further away looks smaller".

Next class is a kinda rehearsel on perspective, so please move on to class 3

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blue falcon · #**201** 08-15-2012, 03:47 PM

what a struggle this was

**arnoud3272** · #**202** 08-15-2012, 05:56 PM

Hard work Paul

I'm a bit puzzled. Some of these are very good, but I'm not sure you understood what linear perspective is about.
"Further away looks smaller"; artists knew that already a long time before the "invention" of linear perspective. Linear perspective, the vanishing lines, is a tool to know easily how much smaller. I really don't see the relation of for instance this and further away looks smaller.

I really like to see the "4 boxes" exercise. Not separate boxes, but a consistent whole, a kind of still life.

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blue falcon · #**203** 08-16-2012, 11:19 AM

hi Arnoud
thanks for the explanation, i did some homework

and this is my result

**arnoud3272** · #**204** 08-16-2012, 01:54 PM

Paul - More important than the exact geometric construction of the VL's is a gut feeling for "Further away looks smaller"
Now look at what you have drawn

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Until you get more experience and can see it freehand, you should carefully draw at least the beginning of the VL's, as I have shown above.
Parallel sides are acceptable in engineering drawings, but they are not in perspective. But diverging sides are definitely "against nature".

blue falcon · #**205** 08-16-2012, 02:16 PM

thanks arnoud i keep on trying

blue falcon · #**206** 08-19-2012, 01:53 PM

Hello Arnoud
here's another effort i didn't use a ruler this time

**arnoud3272** · #**207** 08-19-2012, 05:19 PM

Paul - Relax, you're too eager to decorate your drawing with all kinds of converging lines. Let's go one step at a time. This session:
A; - this should be obvious - "further away looks smaller". But the lines on your drawing that could have the function of VL's (emphasized in red) work exactly the other way round, the back edges will be larger than the front

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B. VL's are only there to show you how much smaller. The lines that I emphasized in green - and many others - are showing exactly nothing of that kind

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You copied the textbook examples faithfully, but after all, they are not intended to be copied merely, they should teach you how to construct VL's correctly. A line starting on a corner and going somewhere can as well go somewhere else

. A VL connects at least two points with the VP, or continues in the same direction as the edge towards the VP.
Good luck with your further study

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