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Programs in Architectural Studies at the City Colleges of Chicago
Sketching Perspective
There are a few key concepts to perspective sketching.
1. The closer something is, the bigger that it is.
2. That goes for the space between objects too. If objects are separated by the same distance, the further away they are, the closer their spacing.
3. The lines that form edges of objects may converge to vanishing points. In a one-point perspective, lines perpendicular to the view direction will converge.
From Understanding Perspective: Easy Techniques for Mastering Perspective Drawing on Location by Stephanie Bower, p. 31.
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From Understanding Perspective: Easy Techniques for Mastering Perspective Drawing on Location by Stephanie Bower, p. 47.
From Understanding Perspective: Easy Techniques for Mastering Perspective Drawing on Location by Stephanie Bower, p. 46.
4. Most vanishing points occur on the horizon (notice that the red dots are on a horizontal line in the image above). The horizon is where the sky meets the land (if the land is flat) or water.
5. The horizon is your eye level.
From Understanding Perspective: Easy Techniques for Mastering Perspective Drawing on Location by Stephanie Bower, p. 32.
Identify the horizon and the vanishing points in the images below.
From 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick, p. 70.
From 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick, p. 71.
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