Perspective Basics

“It’s all about looking deeply…”

In Drawing, perspective is the view that you have based on the position of your body in space. Your perspective changes as you move or the space/objects moves. For example, when you look at your feet, you are also looking at the floor of a room and if you look up, you will be looking at the ceiling. It is the same room but seen in different angles.

In the case of a stair, it will look more three dimensional when we approach it, as oppose to when we walk on it. This is why most drawings of stairs are done by looking at them from afar.

Some angles of a room or an object are more interesting and artistic than others. This is why photographers and artist experiment many angles before choosing one that pleases them.

For this reason, it is important that as Artists, Designers and Architects, we understand perspective and how it can help us make an scene more appealing.

Point-Projection

A point projection in perspective drawing is where the space and/or objects seem to scape to.

In this drawing, we only have one point projection. This makes our work more simple, but it is not always the case.

In this second drawing we have two point projections. In this case, the object seems to scape towards two different angels. Try this drawing as an exercise for this week!