Activity 2.2 Perspective Sketching
Introduction
If you can stand on a straight road and look down the
road, it appears as if the sides of the road eventually narrow to one point.
The center of the road vanishes when the road meets the horizon. If the road is
straight enough and long enough, the sides of the road not only look like they
are converging to a single point, but the road seems to appear to vanish as it
meets the horizon. A similar effect occurs if you stare upward from the base of
a tall building. The vertical edges of the building will appear to angle in
toward each other. This effect is called perspective.
The human eye sees the world in perspective. Objects that
are further away from the eye appear smaller, and edges appear to recede into
the distance. Perspective sketches depict objects in much the same way that the
human eye sees the world.
There are three different types of perspective drawings: one-point,
two-point, and three-point perspective. The different types of sketches are
frequently used by architects, industrial designers, and illustrators when
representing large scale objects or environments in which the effect of
distance must be taken into consideration.
In this activity, you will practice your sketching skills
by generating perspective views based on provided isometric views of objects.
You will also apply your skills by creating one-point and two-point perspective
of other imagined or real objects that you choose.
Equipment
· Grid
paper or engineering notebook
· Pencil
and/or pen
· Puzzle
cube puzzle pieces
· Various
objects
Procedure
1. Study
the object represented in the isometric views below. Use the vanishing point
and horizon line indicated to lay out light construction lines and create a one-point
perspective sketch of the object within the given box. The perspective sketch must show the object in a
top, left side, front view orientation. Delineate the visible edges of
the sketch with heavy object lines. DO NOT ERASE YOUR CONSTRUCTION LINES. Add
tonal shading to the sketch when finished.
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