| Perspective Exercises 2 |
| Swarthmore University has a site that allows you to move the "vanishing points" where "perspective lines" disappear. This site is also linked on my "Drawing" page. I have listed two sites below, the main site and that cool moving the vanishing points, so that you can use them for reference while we discuss "perspective" and "vanishing points." |
| Swarthmore Main Site: |
| Swarthmore, Moving The Vanishing Points Site: |
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| The "vanishing point" is that point where all "perspective lines" of a drawing meet to give the illusion of depth. Examples of a single vanishing point are shown below: |
| Single Vanishing Point |
| Single Vanishing Point |
| Hallway, single vanishing point |
| Hallway, single vanishing point |
| The kicker is that most drawings and paintings don't show this extreme degree of perspective. You have to imagine a vanishing point in the distance. The Swarthmore site gives examples of this with French artists. |
| The drawings below from the Swarthmore site take you through a two vanishing point drawing exercise. |
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| In the illustration above the squares in the foreground get smaller in the distance until they appear to vanish at the "vanishing point." This is how perspective is created in a drawing. Also note that there are "perspective lines both above and below the "horizon line." |
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| In the illustration above the human figures get smaller at they are placed further back toward the "vanishing point" and they are in proportion according to their distance from each other. This aspect of "proportion" is also important. |
| The music is "Superman's Dead" by Our Lady Peace. |
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| In the two illustrations above a vanishing point is established and then objects are added to the drawing (the pictures on the left wall) in accordance with that vanishing point. |
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| The view above shows where you might employ the two-vanishing-points technique. A corner view of any object would require such a technique. |