Transcript TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE

TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE
By Paula Sadler
What are we learning?
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Vocabulary
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Horizon line
Vanishing point
Vertical, horizontal, and orthogonal lines
Surrealism
How to start creating a drawing with two
point perspective
 Final project – Surreal Cityscape
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Vocabulary
Horizon line: where the sky meets the
ground, a horizontal line
 Vanishing point: the place where all lines
meet or “vanish,” it is located on the
horizon line
 Horizontal line: a line that goes left to
right, it is parallel to the horizon line
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More Vocabulary
Vertical line: a line that goes up and down,
it is perpendicular to the horizon line
 Orthogonal line: lines that create the
sides of an object in one point perspective,
these lines are drawn to the vanishing point
 Surrealism: something that is real, but
wouldn’t occur in reality
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Let’s get started
Draw a horizon line
across your paper
 Put two vanishing
points on the horizon
line, one on both sides
of your paper
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Now draw a vertical line through the middle
of your paper
Connect the top and bottom of the vertical line to
both of the vanishing points. We are creating the
orthogonal lines.
Now end the form with two vertical lines on
each side.
Erase the extra orthogonal lines at the top and the
horizon line inside of the form.
DO YOU SEE YOUR FIRST BUILDING?
Let’s try another one!
Start with a vertical line on the left side of the
building.
Connect the top and bottom to
each vanishing point.
End the building with a vertical line.
Erase the extra orthogonal lines and horizon
line inside of the building.
Let’s do another one!
Now for doors and windows!
Start with a vertical line and connect it to the
vanishing point.
If your window or door is on the left side of your
building, connect the vertical lines to the left
vanishing point. The same goes for the right side.
End the windows and doors with another
vertical line.
Erase the extra orthogonal lines.
How about a sidewalk with a curb?
Surrealism
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Something that is real, but wouldn’t occur in
reality
EXAMPLES:
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a rabbit hole in the sidewalk
a building made of cheese
a penguin living in a palm tree
Famous Surreal Artists
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Salvador Dali “The Persistence of Memory”
Famous Surreal Artists
Rafal Olbinski
“Predictability
of Distinctive
Manners”
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Requirements
One small, one medium, and one large building
 At least one window and one door for each
building
 At least three surreal objects
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One in the foreground (THE FRONT)
One in the middle ground (THE MIDDLE)
One in the background (THE BACK)