PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS

By, VIJINI JOSEPH N

TGT (AE)K V THRISSUR(ERNAKULAM )

“Perspective is an image as perceived by the eye”

Linear perspective is a mathematical system for creating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface.

An understanding of perspective is mandatory for all students involved with representational drawing. This includes a wide variety of fields such as: illustration, interior design, architecture, engineering design and finearts.

What is PERSPECTIVE ?

The types of Perspective drawings depends on the number of vanishing points in the drawing:

1) One-point Perspective

2) Two-point Perspective

3) Three-point Perspective

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVE DRAWING:

One Point PerspectiveWhen a viewer faces a complete side of an object all the depth lines from that object will focus towards a single vanishing point on the eyelevel line . This is called one point / single point perspective.

When a viewer faces a corner of an object all the depth lines from that object will focus towards two vanishing points on the eyelevel line . This is called two point perspective.

Two Point Perspective

When a viewer faces the edge of an object all the depth lines from that object will focus towards three different vanishing points. Of these two of the vanishing points will be on the eyelevel line and one directly above the object. This perspective has two different types of views when viewed from very high point or very low point. The former is called the bird’s eye view and the latter the worm’s eye view.

Three Point Perspective

Perspectives in different styles / approaches

‘Interior of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome’ (Giovannni Battista Piranesi, 1740)

Coloured Paintings (e.g. expressionism)

‘The Church at Auvers’(Vincent Van Gogh, 1890)

‘Café Terrace at Night’(Vincent Van Gogh, 1888)‘

Sketch (e.g. using only a charcoal)

‘Staircase Leading to a Vaulted Hall’ (Piranesi, 1755)

With Illogical Things (e.g. ‘Surrealism’– the unconscious mind)

‘‘The Persistence of Memory’(Salvador Dali, 1931)

‘The Disintegration of The Persistenceof Memory’ (Salvador Dali,1952)

Nature Drawing (without any man-made structure)

‘Malaysian Village’ (Abdul Ghani Ahmad, 2008)

Renaissance period

Entrega_de_las_llaves_a_San_Pedro_(Perugino)

Leanardo_da_Vinci :Last Supper