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DRAWING ESSENTIALS with Phil Davies
Two Point Perceptive Exercise - Part 11. Mark a vanishing point on the far left and the far right of your paper, about half way up. You can connect the points to make a horizon line if you like.
2. Following the example in the video, draw three cubes: one above the horizon line, one below the horizon line and one on the horizon line.
3. Draw all three cubes in the centre i.e. place the middle vertical line equidistant between each point.
4. On a separate piece of paper, repeat the process this time drawing two cubes: one above the horizon and close to the left hand vanishing point, and one below the horizon towards the right hand vanishing point.
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Two Point Perceptive Exercise - Part 21. Using the reference photos below, sketch a scene in two point perspective.
2. You can choose one of the reference photos or have a go at all four (each one has different elements to think about).
3. For each photo, start by drawing a border on your paper. You don’t need to get the exact proportions of the photo’s perimeter, it just helps to establish a boundary for your sketch… and it gives you room around that border to add vanishing points if needed.
The smaller your frame, the quicker your sketch will be to complete but don’t make it so small that it becomes fiddly.
4. Next, establish your horizon line. You can do this first and foremost by guesstimating where land and sky would meet if nothing was blocking your view. Or if there are any figures in the scene that you think are stood at the same level as the photographer, you can use their eye line as the horizon.
Again, you don’t need to be exact! You just need to place the horizon line within your border at roughly the right place. You can always adjust your border later on.
One of the purposes of this exercise is to demonstrate that as long as you take all of your horizontal lines roughly to the two vanishing points, the sketch will look right - even if those vanishing points sit on a horizon line that is higher or lower than the reference photo.
Example A4 / American Letter sketch pad with border sketched in
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5. Now you need to place your two vanishing points. Here’s the easiest way to approach this:
- Lightly draw in your main vertical. This is the vertical line that separates the two sides of the building or interior.
- Mark points on this vertical line for the top and bottom of the building (or the ceiling and floor if it’s an interior). Again, make an estimation - you don’t need to be exact.
- Use your pencil to measure the angles of the top lines, going left and right, and draw them in until the meet your horizon line. You can mark in your vanishing points now.
- Then do the same for the bottom lines. Start these at the vanishing points and draw towards the centre vertical. Don’t worry if they don’t meet each other exactly - just adjust one of the angles slightly.
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6. You now have everything you need to complete the building in correct perspective. You can use the ‘angles’ tip to determine an accurate width for the building, and even for the heights of the different floors and the widths between the beams. But keep the sketch relatively loose and try to judge most things by eye.
DRAWING ESSENTIALS with Phil Davies
DRAWING ESSENTIALS with Phil Davies