Perspective

What is a vanishing point?

• a point on the eye-level line or horizon line, toward which parallel lines are made to recede and meet

• a way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface

• a technique used to create the illusion of depth by placing one object in front of another

• the area in a drawing that seems to be closet to the viewer

The horizon line...

• a way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, using one vanishing point.

• in an unobstructed view, the distant place where the sky and land seem to meet. In an obstructed view (with buildings, trees, etc.) the horizon line must be imagined or inferred by the perspective of the objects.

• lines drawn along parallel lines receding to a vanishing point to show linear perspective; also called orthogonal lines

• the area farthest away in a landscape, or the area around the subject matter in a drawing

One-point perspective is...

• a way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, using three vanishing points

• a way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, using two vanishing points

• a way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, using one vanishing point

• lines drawn along parallel lines receding to a vanishing point to show linear perspective; also called orthogonal lines

Two-point perspective is...

• lines drawn along parallel lines receding to a vanishing point to show linear perspective; also called orthogonal lines

• a way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, using two vanishing points and two sets of converging lines to represent forms

• A way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, using one vanishing point

• A way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, using three vanishing points

Three-point perspective is...

• lines drawn along parallel lines receding to a vanishing point to show linear perspective; also called orthogonal lines

• A way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, using one vanishing point

• A way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, using two vanishing points

• a way to show three-dimensional objects receding above or below eye level on a two-dimensional surface, using three-vanishing points and three sets of converging lines to represent forms

Sight lines are...

• the middle area in a drawing, between the foreground and the background

• lines drawn along parallel lines receding to a vanishing point to show linear perspective; also called orthogonal lines

• the area farthest away in a landscape, or the area around the subject matter in a drawing

• the area in a drawing that seems to be closet to the viewer