Point of view- (persepctive) Drawing

Point of view- (perspective) in Drawing

Perspective

Also means point of view

It just means

the way you see or understand things around you

In Art...

• You can create the illusion of perspective

• this can be done with vanishing points

• this can also be done with color, lines, pattern, composition, lighting, words, symbolism, points........the list goes on and on.......

We are going to review, first, the basics of perspective

2-dimensions versus 3-dimensions

2-dimensions

• flat

• height

• length

Multiple Choice

What are the 2-dimensions in shape?

• length and width

• width and height

• height and length

3-dimensional

• Height

• length

• depth (also known as width)

Multiple Choice

What are the three dimensions in a cube?

• height

• height, dimension and width

• length and height

• length, height and depth

What is the difference between the two?

• 2-D lacks depth

• depth is what you learn in math class as width

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What does this have to do with perspective drawing?

• it creates depth

• it is like real life

that is where the Vanishing Point comes into play

it helps create the depth in a drawing for you (if you use it right)

Poll

Click what you have noticed before.....

• a road disappearing off in the distance

• the sun setting or rising over a mountain

• trees in an orchard getting smaller as they get farther from you

• looking down from an airplane window and noticing how small the world looks from high up in the sky

• seeing and airplane in the sky that looks super tiny and far away

They are all examples of how real life has vanishing points

like a point that things vanish off to, which make objects get smaller

Ceci n'est pas une pomme

• means "this is not an apple"

• take a moment think about this "perspective" or point of view

Open Ended

So, what did it mean when the artist Rene Magritte wrote "Ceci n'est pas une pomme", this is not an apple?

Poll

Check mark what applies to you.

• Rene Magritte is right. It is just paint smudged on a canvas.

• I think it is an apple, no matter how it is created.

Taking the Evening Cool by Ryōgoku Bridge (1745), Okumura Masanobu

This early example of an uki-e print uses Western-style perspective for the interior, but more traditional Japanese technique for the exterior.

Western perspective

• Drawn to a vanishing point

• Take a moment to see if you can figure out where the 1 vanishing point could be (kind of looks like a drawing we did in class)

Multiple Choice

Where do you think the vanishing point is in Taking the Evening Cool by Ryōgoku Bridge (1745), Okumura Masanobu?

The print has no walls, like a gazebo, but I'm going to refer to that space as walls.

• in the left wall

• in the right wall

• in the center square, towards the back wall

• in the middle of the floor

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