On day three we begin with a warm up exercise of 30 second sketches - Five cubes and five cylinders. This time we maybe try a different medium such as charcoal, pen or ink. I used pencil lines with a graphite wash and then ink.
In our second exercise we explore Equal spacing of elements in perspective. Here are the step by step instructions:
draw a horizon line and place a vanishing point on this horizon line.
Draw the subject closest to the foreground and connect the top and bottom of the subject with lines to the vanishing point.
Find the middle point of this subject and draw a line from this middle point to the vanishing point.
Locate the second subject by angle sighting and draw it.
Draw a line from the top of the first subject thru the crossing of the middle point in the second subject and connecting with the bottom vanishing point line.
this is the marker for the base of your third subject.
drawing a line from the top of the second subject thru the middle point of the third will give you the base of the forth subject.
repeat this process by drawing a line thru the middle point of each new subject.
Here is a visual sample.
With a basic introduction to two point perspective we draw three cubes from low, high and eye level.
We do his by drawing a horizon line with two vanishing points at the edges of the picture plane. With a vertical line down the middle - we draw 3 corners and connect each end to both vanishing points.
We finish by applying these new concepts to a full page drawing with more of our personal style and preferred medium. I once again chose pencil with a graphite wash and ink.
The goal is to become more comfortable with the principles we can use in our own work and be able to find ways of following, bending and intentionally breaking these rules.
Eventually you will find that a stronger understanding of these basic principles will make all other areas of your art practice much stronger as well.
