17. Perspective Drawing: Drawing One-Point Perspective Squares

It took 16 videos to cover the picture plane, horizon line, eye level, center of vision, vanishing point, cone of vision, station point, measuring line, measuring point. This is why perspective drawing is difficult. You must understand all of the above (see the previous 16 videos) to draw a square, and understand why it is a square.

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  • @wendyfrith3407
    @wendyfrith34079 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the reminder. I haven’t drawn in perspective for decades. In the ‘60s I took a course in it. The teacher said there was no text book, but she knew all the latest and forgotten techniques. Rumor had it she had written one herself, soon to be published, for which we had to save our money. Anyway, I loved how sensible and elegant the methods, and remember drawing a truck with everything…tires, tire treads, street, shop windows and shoppers…in perspective. The other kids always lined up at my door for help. One day, I visited my much older brother who was studying architecture at Harvard. I went along to his first class just for fun. The prof, showing the students simple perspective (floor tiles) with a vanishing point, said that they had to eyeball the increments of decreasing depth and that there was no other way to ascertain them (!) I whispered to my brother that actually there was. He immediately spoke up… “My little sister here knows how!” Thus it was that once, long long ago, in the days of blackboards, yet! I, who barely finished high school, taught a class to graduate students at Harvard. I’m sure I didn’t do half as good a job as you, though.

  • @trustyourperspective

    @trustyourperspective

    9 ай бұрын

    Nice story. Thank you for sharing.

  • @dlseller
    @dlseller Жыл бұрын

    This is the best presentation on perspective on KZread. Every other one I’ve found on drawing squares in perspective relies on first drawing an ellipse. So I have to struggle with free-handing an ellipse or go out and buy a set of ellipse guides. This is much simpler and far superior. Thank you!

  • @trustyourperspective

    @trustyourperspective

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Much more to come.

  • @rileyboyd
    @rileyboyd Жыл бұрын

    Excellent videos! This helps me understand what I’ve been reading in Craig Atterbery’s book (complete guide to be perspective drawing). Thank you! 🎉

  • @trustyourperspective

    @trustyourperspective

    Жыл бұрын

    Great! I was hoping these videos would be a good companion to the book.